Biotic interactions, biodiversity, and community productivity

Positive Plant Interactions and Community Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 59-78

  Michalet, Richard ^a   Touzard, Blaise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781439824955     Document Type: Chapter

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