Regional species pools and the assembly of local ecological communities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-331

  Morton, R Daniel ^a   Law, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031558412     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0419     Document Type: Article

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