Assembly rules: Desert rodent communities are structured at scales from local to continental

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 314-321

  Brown, James H ^a   Fox, Barry J ^b   Kelt, Douglas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly rule; Coexistence; Competition; Desert rodent; Functional group; Null model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033845998     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303385     Document Type: Note

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