Opposing assembly mechanisms in a neotropical dry forest: implications for phylogenetic and functional community ecology.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/08-1025.1PMID 19739378
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