Carolina Quotes[In the early 1900s, ecologists Alfred Lotka and Vito Volterra] independently proposed models of populations dynamics that incorporate effects of competition between populations.
Michael T. Hannan Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 99; As cited in: George Zinkan (2012), Advertising Research, p. 198
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- Organizational ecology, 1989
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- 1989
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- p. 99
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