The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2012-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.014PMID 22244797
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