Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition

Nature

Volumn 506, Issue 7486, 2014, Pages 85-88

  Bagchi, Robert ^a,b   Gallery, Rachel E ^a,c   Gripenberg, Sofia ^a,d   Gurr, Sarah J ^a,e   Narayan, Lakshmi ^a   Addis, Claire E ^a   Freckleton, Robert P ^f   Lewis, Owen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893565813     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12911     Document Type: Article

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