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Nutritional ecology: patterns and processes

Paul Cooper
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Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 0200, Australia. Email: paul.cooper@anu.edu

Australian Journal of Zoology 59(6) 347-349 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZOv59n6_IN
Published: 7 June 2012


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