Hierarchical determinants of the functional richness, evenness and divergence of a vertebrate predator assemblage

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-603

  Farias, Ariel A ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

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EID: 64149087925     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16859.x     Document Type: Article

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