Towards a really unified theory for metacommunities

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-186

  Chase, Jonathan M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ECOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 16844373771     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00937.x     Document Type: Review

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