Species reordering, not changes in richness, drives long-term dynamics in grassland communities.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2017-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ele.12864PMID 29027343
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