Resource pulses, species interactions, and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Oecologia

• Publication date

  2004-04-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00442-004-1551-1PMID 15069635
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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