Species-area relationships at small scales in continuum vegetation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 904-907

  Williamson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION;

EID: 0141958790     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00816.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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