Linking plant and insect traits to understand multitrophic community structure in arid steppes
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PETER B. ADLER*, DANIEL G. MILCHUNAS†, WILLIAM K. LAUENROTH*†, OSVALDO E. SALA‡ and INGRID C. BURKE*† *Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; †Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; and ‡Department de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avenu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Functional Ecology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0269-8463,1365-2435
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12075