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Title: Optimal Allocation Ratios: A Square Root Relationship between the Ratios of Symbiotic Costs and Benefits
Award ID(s):
1926438 1926335
PAR ID:
10294559
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The American Naturalist
ISSN:
0003-0147
Page Range / eLocation ID:
000 to 000
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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