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Hydrologically defined niches reveal a basis for species richness in plant communities
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- Authors
- Silvertown, J., Dodd, M. E., Gowing, D. J. G., & Mountford, J. O.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1999-07
- Volume
- 400
- Issue
- 6739
- Pages
- 61-63
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1668035494
- Cited by
- 547
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 6.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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