Quantifying and interpreting nestedness in habitat islands: a synthetic analysis of multiple datasets
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Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Programme, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK, CE3C – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Ac ores Departamento de Cîencias Agr arias, 9700-042, Angra do Hero ısmo, Ac ores, Portugal, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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