A framework for delineating biogeographical regions based on species distributions
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Biodiversity, Macroecology and Conservation Biogeography Group, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0116, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208106, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, USA
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