On the balance between niche and neutral processes as drivers of community structure along a successional gradient: insights from alpine and sub-alpine meadow communities.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Annals of Botany

• Publication date

  2007-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/AOB/MCM166PMID 17720679PMCID PMC2749632
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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