Plant coexistence and the niche

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 605-611

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; NICHE; NICHE PARTITIONING;

EID: 5644273018     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.003     Document Type: Review

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