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Biological Diversity and the Maintenance of Mutualisms

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 115))

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In most ecosystems it is species which are the initial focus; but the fundamental dynamics of the system are expressed in the interactions between populations of species making up the community rather than the species themselves.

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  1. Department of Plant Science, Lincoln University, P. O. Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

    D. R. Given

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Peter M. Vitousek

  2. National Biological Survey, Haleakala National Park, 96768, Makawao, Maui, HI, 96768, USA

    Lloyd L. Loope

  3. Department of Plant Ecology, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2D, DK 1353, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    Henning Adsersen

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Given, D.R. (1995). Biological Diversity and the Maintenance of Mutualisms. In: Vitousek, P.M., Loope, L.L., Adsersen, H. (eds) Islands. Ecological Studies, vol 115. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78963-2_12

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