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Title: Complexity is complicated and so too is comparing complexity metrics‐A response to Mikula et al. (2018)
Award ID(s):
1802605
NSF-PAR ID:
10079625
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Evolution
Volume:
72
Issue:
12
ISSN:
0014-3820
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 2836-2838
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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