Dynamics of niche width and resource partitioning

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1299-1337

  Dobrev, Stanislav D ^a   Kim, Tai Young ^a   Hannan, Michael T ^a  

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EID: 0035286115     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320821     Document Type: Article

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