Is the humped relationship between species richness and biomass an artefact due to plot size?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-295

  Oksanen, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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EID: 0000925681     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261364     Document Type: Review

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