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Forum: The ecology of sub-alpine cicadas

Can flawed statistics be a substitute for real biology?

David Henry Lane 106 Haitaitai Rd Haitaitai, Wellington, New Zealand
Pages 51-59 | Received 17 Dec 1992, Accepted 04 Mar 1993, Published online: 05 Jan 2012

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