Habitat fragmentation and the species– area relationship: a focus on total species richness obscures the impact of habitat loss on habitat specialists
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Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Group, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK, Azorean Biodiversity Group (ABG CITA-A) and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability (PEERS), Departamento de Cîencias Agr arias, University of the Azores, Rua Capit~ao Jo~ao d0 Avila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Hero ısmo, Portugal, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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