How useful is the concept of habitat? - A critique

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 634-638

  Mitchell, Sean C ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HABITAT;

EID: 24744439697     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13810.x     Document Type: Review

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