Natural communities: Structure and dynamics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1344, 1996, Pages 1113-1129

  Southwood, T R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GUILD STRUCTURE; NICHE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0030429391     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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