The multidimensionality of the niche reveals functional diversity changes in benthic marine biotas across geological time.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2011-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01618.xPMID 21481126
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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