Dung beetle assemblages on tropical landbridge islands: small island effect and vulnerable species
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Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan 666303, China, Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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تاریخ انتشار 2011