Community structure, abundance, and morphology

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-56

  Stevens, Richard D ^a,b   Willig, Michael R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0034008754     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880106.x     Document Type: Article

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