Intra-guild compensation regulates species richness in desert rodents: Comment

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2118-2121

  Nichols, James D ^a   Hines, James E ^a   Sauer, John R ^a   Boulinier, Thierry ^b   Cam, Emmanuelle ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

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EID: 33747084058     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2118:ICRSRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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