Macroecology: Progress and prospect

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-14

  Brown, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROECOLOGY;

EID: 0032737875     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546991     Document Type: Short Survey

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