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Robert W. Sterner, Christine A. Ribic, George E. Schatz, Testing for Life Historical Changes in Spatial Patterns of Four Tropical Tree Species, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 74, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 621-633
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