What Ecological Factors Shape Species-Area Curves in Neutral Models?
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What Ecological Factors Shape Species-Area Curves in Neutral Models?
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038232