Consequences of a biological invasion reveal the importance of mutualism for plant communities

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2001-10-11

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/35098093PMID 11675787
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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