Analyzing or explaining beta diversity? Comment

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3227-3232

  Pélissier, Raphaël ^a   Couteron, Pierre ^a,b   Dray, Stéphane ^c  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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EID: 63849228555     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0140.1     Document Type: Note

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