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Title: No complementarity no gain—Net diversity effects on tree productivity occur once complementarity emerges during early stand development
Award ID(s):
2021898
NSF-PAR ID:
10332805
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Editor(s):
Comita, Liza
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Ecology Letters
Volume:
25
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1461-023X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
851 to 862
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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