Range size patterns in European freshwater trematodes
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چکیده
D. W. Thieltges ([email protected]), Royal Netherlands Inst. for Sea Research (NIOZ), PO Box 59, NL-1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, the Netherlands. C. Hof and M. K. Borregaard, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Dept of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark. D. M. Dehling, M. Brändle and R. Brandl, Dept of Ecology, Animal Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Univ. Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch Str. 8, DE-35032 Marburg, Germany. (Present address of DMD: Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK F), Senckenberganlage 25, DE-60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.) R. Poulin, Dept of Zoology, Univ. of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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