Facilitation and the niche: implications for coexistence, range shifts and ecosystem functioning
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Facilitation and the niche: implications for coexistence, range shifts and ecosystem functioning Fabio Bulleri*, John F. Bruno, Brian R. Silliman and John J. Stachowicz Dipartimento di Biologia, Universit a di Pisa, Via Derna 1, Pisa 56126, Italy; Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, USA; Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA; and Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2015