Does harvest select for maladaptation in an increasingly variable world?

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David N Koons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Mar 31;106(13):E32; author reply E33.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0900520106. Epub 2009 Mar 20.

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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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