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島々の生物学と生態系は,エピフィス土壌のコミュニティで機能しています

David A Wardle1, Gregor W Yeates, Gary M Barker

  • 1Department of Forest Vegetation Ecology, Faculty of Forestry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S901-83 Umeå, Sweden. david.wardle@svek.slu.se

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 23, 2003
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島の大きさや樹種が,熱帯雨林の樹冠の生態系を形作っている. 樹冠の"島"に存在する異なる分解体コミュニティは,生態系の機能を変化させ,生息地構造が生態学的プロセスに与える重要性を強調しています.

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