Why are parts of the world green? Multiple factors control productivity and the distribution of biomass

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-15

  Polis, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032990775     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546565     Document Type: Article

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