Assembly rules and competition in desert rodents

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 815-818

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA;

EID: 0036920164     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343882     Document Type: Note

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