Tropical metacommunities along elevational gradients: effects of forest type and other environmental factors
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M. R. Willig ([email protected]), S. J. Presley, I. Castro-Arellano, L. M. Cisneros and B. T. Klingbeil, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4210, USA. – C. P. Bloch, Dept of Biological Sciences, Bridgewater State Univ., Bridgewater, MA 02325, USA. – I. Castro-Arellano, Inst. Tecnologico de Ciudad Victoria, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico C.P. 8701. – C. L. Higgins, Dept of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State Univ., Stephenville, TX 76402, USA.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011