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P. D. Putwain, D. Machin, John L. Harper, Studies in the Dynamics of Plant Populations: II. Components and Regulation of a Natural Population of Rumex Acetosella L., Journal of Ecology, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Jul., 1968), pp. 421-431
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