Scaling in ecological size spectra

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 774-780

  Camacho, J ^a   Sole R V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0035797772     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00347-0     Document Type: Article

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