Understanding (insect) species distributions across spatial scales
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J. Hortal ([email protected]), NERC Centre for Population Biology, Div. of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK. N. Roura-Pascual, Àrea de Biodiversitat, Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Ctra. de St. Llorenç de Morunys Km 2, ES-25280 Solsona, Catalonia, Spain. N. J. Sanders, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. C. Rahbek, Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, Dept of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010