THE EVOLUTION OF ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION

1988/11/01 by Douglas J. Futuyma, Gabriel Moreno · 2,321 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biodiversity #Biology #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Fragmentation (computing) #Geography #Habitat #Habitat fragmentation #Plant and animal studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · open access · doi:10.1146/annurev.es.19.110188.001231

published in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 19(1), 207-233 (Annual Reviews)

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Abstract

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