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resource availability

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  • [S. D. Tiegs] Resource availability is an important ecosystem attribute that can influence species distributions\ \ and ecosystem processes... , "[Marja A. van Staalduinen] Resource availability is an important factor affecting the capacity of compensatory growth after\ \ grazing... , "[Allen H. Hurlbert] Resource availability is an important constraint on community structure. Some authors have suggested\ \ it conceptually links two of the most basic patterns in ecology, the species-area relationship and\ \ the latitudinal gradient in species richness...

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0902

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