Identifying Causes of Patterns in Ecological Networks: Opportunities and Limitations

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2017-11-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV-ECOLSYS-110316-022928
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