The more-individuals hypothesis revisited: the role of community abundance in species richness regulation and the productivity-diversity relationship.

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2018-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ele.12941PMID 29659144
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