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The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology
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Metadata
- Authors
- Prosser, J. I., Bohannan, B. J. M., Curtis, T. P., Ellis, R. J., Firestone, M. K., Freckleton, R. P., Green, J. L., Green, L. E., Killham, K., Lennon, J. J., Osborn, A. M., Solan, M., van der Gast, C. J., & Young, J. P. W.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Published
- 2007-05
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 384-392
- ISSN
- 1740-1526 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-1534
- OpenAlex
- W1984320817
- Cited by
- 1,070
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 6.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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