Guilds, functional types and ecological groups

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-522

  Wilson, J Bastow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GUILD; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032855766     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546655     Document Type: Article

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