Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

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  2016

• Venue

  Oecologia

• Publication date

  2016-01-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00442-016-3549-xPMID 26796410
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