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Journal Article Adaptation and Diversity of Reef Corals: Patterns result from species differences in resource use and life histories and from disturbances Get access Jeremy B. C. Jackson Jeremy B. C. Jackson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar BioScience, Volume 41, Issue 7, 1 August 1991, Pages 475–482, https://doi.org/10.2307/1311805 Published: 01 August 1991
Keywords
Adaptation (eye)Diversity (politics)ReefEcologyResource (disambiguation)GeographyBiologySociologyAnthropologyComputer science
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Jeremy B. C. Jackson
(1991).
Adaptation and Diversity of Reef Corals.
BioScience
, 41
(7)
, 475-482.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1311805
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- 10.2307/1311805