Mutualism, facilitation, and the structure of ecological communities

BioScience

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-246

  Stachowicz, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035033298     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0235:MFATSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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