Explaining global variation in the latitudinal diversity gradient: Meta‐analysis confirms known patterns and uncovers new ones
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Explaining latitudinal diversity gradients.
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Ecology and Biogeography
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1466-822X,1466-8238
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12665