Food Webs, Body Size, and Species Abundance in Ecological Community Description

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-84

  Jonsson, Tomas ^a   Cohen, Joel E ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a  

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EID: 21644471687     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2504(05)36001-6     Document Type: Article

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