Microcosms as models for generating and testing community theory

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 670-677

  Drake, James A ^a   Huxel, Gary R ^a   Hewitt, Chad L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0001632917     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265489     Document Type: Article

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