Trait-based plant ecology: moving towards a unifying species coexistence theory : Features of the Special Section

Adrián Escudero1, Fernando Valladares2,3

  • 1Área Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.

Oecologia
|February 22, 2016
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