Decoupling of latitudinal gradients in species and genus geographic range size: a signature of clade range expansion
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Ecology and Biogeography
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1466-822X,1466-8238
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12533