Measuring population densities in a heterogeneous world

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-568

  Schwanghart, Wolfgang ^a   Beck, Jan ^a   Kuhn, Nikolaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 44949090419     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00390.x     Document Type: Letter

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