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The diversity–stability debate

McCann, Kevin Shear·2000·Nature
DOI 10.1038/35012234
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Authors
McCann, K. S.
Venue
Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2000-05
Volume
405
Issue
6783
Pages
228-233
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/35012234
OpenAlex
W1598363147
Cited by
3,143
References
8
FWCI
62.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)

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