12 Model studies of ecosystem engineering in plant communities

Theoretical Ecology Series

Volumn 4, Issue C, 2007, Pages 229-251

  Meron, Ehud ^a   Gilad, Erez ^a   von Hardenberg, Jost ^a   Provenzale, Antonello ^a   Shachak, Moshe ^a  

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EID: 77957159721     PISSN: 1875306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-306X(07)80014-1     Document Type: Chapter

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