- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10034470
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Volume:
- 1389
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0077-8923
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 186 to 212
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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