Stage structure alters how complexity affects stability of ecological networks
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Stage structure alters how complexity affects stability of ecological networks.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ecology Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1461-023X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01558.x