Macroecological trends in nestedness and modularity of seeddispersal networks: human impact matters
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Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n°321, Cidade Universitária, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark ABSTRACT
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