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Appendix A-Calculations for the Birth Example of Section IVB3
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Appendix B-Extensions of the Age-Size Specific Model
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Population Cycles in Small Mammals
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I. Introduction
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A. What Prevents Unlimited Increase?
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D. What Determines the Amplitude of the Cycle?
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