The relationship between seed size and abundance in plant communities: model predictions and observed patterns

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  2001

• Venue

  Oikos

• Publication date

  2001-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1034/J.1600-0706.2001.10392.X
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