Food webs, body size and the curse of the latin binomial

From Energetics to Ecosystems: The Dynamics and Structure of Ecological Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 53-64

  Raffaelli, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84900266625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5337-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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