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The value of fat reserves and the tradeoff between starvation and predation: There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow Hamlet Act V sc ii
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Metadata
- Authors
- McNamara, J. M., & Houston, A. I.
- Venue
- Acta Biotheoretica
- Published
- 1990-03
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 37-61
- ISSN
- 0001-5342 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8358
- OpenAlex
- W1575973358
- Cited by
- 421
- References
- 21
- FWCI
- 9.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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