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Andiewartha, H. G., and L. C. Birch. 1954. The Distribution and Ahiin- 

 dance of Animals. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago. A comprehensive 

 modern treatment of certain aspects of animal ecology (mostly "au- 

 tecology"). 



Ehrlich, P. R., and R. W. Holm. 1962. Patterns and populations. Science 

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 are discussed and recent literature cited. 



Slobodkin, L. B. 1962. Growth and Regulation of Animal Populations. 

 Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. An excellent short exposition of 

 the ideas of "the new ecology." Mathematical treatments of population 

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Stebbins, G. L. 1950. Variation and Evolution in Plants. Columbia Univ. 

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Wynne-Edwards, V. C. 1962. Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social 

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 usually is kept far below the starvation level by what is described as 

 "conventional competition" (competition for such things as territories 

 or high places in the peck-order) . 



