Structural complexity and component type increase intertidal biodiversity independently of area.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2016-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/15-0257.1PMID 27145613
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