Local texture convergence: A new approach to seeking assembly rules

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 525-532

  Watkins, Anni J ^a   Wilson, J Bastow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NICHE;

EID: 0041731788     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11630.x     Document Type: Article

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