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   . 1971 Jan 29;171(3969):385-7.
   doi: 10.1126/science.171.3969.385.

Paradox of enrichment: destabilization of exploitation ecosystems in ecological time

   [38]M L Rosenzweig
     * PMID: 5538935
     * DOI: [39]10.1126/science.171.3969.385

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Paradox of enrichment: destabilization of exploitation ecosystems in ecological time

   M L Rosenzweig. Science. 1971.
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   . 1971 Jan 29;171(3969):385-7.
   doi: 10.1126/science.171.3969.385.

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   [43]M L Rosenzweig
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   Six reasonable models of trophic exploitation in a two-species ecosystem whose
   exploiters compete only by depleting each other's resource supply are presented.
   In each case, increasing the supply of limiting nutrients or energy tends to
   destroy the steady state. Thus man must be very careful in attempting to enrich
   an ecosystem in order to increase its food yield. There is a real chance that
   such activity may result in decimation of the food species that are wanted in
   greater abundance.

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