Metacommunities in dynamic landscapes
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1 Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland 2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil 3 Laboratory of Theoretical Ecology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic 4 Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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