Implications for biodiversity conservation of the lack of consensus regarding the humped-back model of species richness and biomass production

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 253-257

  Pierce, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 84892852535     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12147     Document Type: Editorial

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