Area–heterogeneity tradeoff and the diversity of ecological communities

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2012-10-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1208652109PMID 23045670PMCID PMC3491518
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