A structured and dynamic framework to advance traits-based theory and prediction in ecology.

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  2010

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2010-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01444.xPMID 20455917
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