Biodiversity effects in real ecosystems - A response to Duffy

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-11

  Wardle, David A ^a   Jonsson, Micael ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 76749112531     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10.WB.002     Document Type: Letter

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