What does the resource dispersion hypothesis explain, if anything?

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 428-432

  Revilla, Eloy ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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EID: 0037837309     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12087.x     Document Type: Note

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