Corridors for aliens but not for natives: effects of marine urban sprawl at a regional scale
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Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali, University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto 163, I-48123 Ravenna, Italy, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA, Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Acc es a la Cala S. Francesc 14, 17300, Blanes (Girona), Spain, SeArc Ecological Marine Consulting, 13 Namirover St., Tel Aviv 69713, Israel, Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, European Way, SO14 3ZH, UK
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