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Reducing redundancy in invasion ecology by integrating hypotheses into a single theoretical framework
Article first published online: 27 AUG 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00521.x
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Catford, J. A., Jansson, R. and Nilsson, C. (2009), Reducing redundancy in invasion ecology by integrating hypotheses into a single theoretical framework. Diversity and Distributions, 15: 22–40. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00521.x
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- Article first published online: 27 AUG 2008
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