Rare species occupy uncommon niches

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Markham, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GRASSLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84905913297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06012     Document Type: Article

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