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Luc A. Wauters, Andre A. Dhondt, Heike Knothe, David T. Parkin, Fluctuating Asymmetry and Body Size as Indicators of Stress in Red Squirrel Populations in Woodland Fragments, Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Aug., 1996), pp. 735-740
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