Increase of island endemism with altitude – speciation processes on oceanic islands
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M. J. Steinbauer ([email protected]) and C. Beierkuhnlein, Lehrstuhl Biogeografi e, Univ. Bayreuth, DE-95447 Bayreuth, Germany. – R. Otto and J.-M. Ferná ndez-Palacios, Depto de Ecolog í a, Facultad de Biolog í a, Univ. de La Laguna, ES-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain. – A. N. Cigala, Depto de Geograf í a, Univ. de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES-35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Islas Canarias, Spain.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013