The Mass Balances of Nutrients in Ecosystem Theory and Experiments: Implications for the Coexistence of Species

Models in Ecosystem Science

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 272-295

  Pastor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

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