How functional is functional? Ecological groupings in terrestrial animal ecology: towards an animal functional type approach

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  2011

• Venue

  Biodiversity and Conservation

• Publication date

  2011-01-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10531-011-9995-1
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