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Douglas R. Taylor, Lonnie W. Aarssen, Craig Loehle, On the Relationship between r/K Selection and Environmental Carrying Capacity: A New Habitat Templet for Plant Life History Strategies, Oikos, Vol. 58, No. 2 (Jun., 1990), pp. 239-250
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