Analyzing or explaining beta diversity? Comment

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3232-3237

  Laliberté, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 63849130249     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0201.1     Document Type: Note

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