How Dispersal Limitation Shapes Species–Body Size Distributions in Local Communities

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2004-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/380582PMID 14767837
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