Differential effects of environmental heterogeneity on global mammal species richness
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Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Environmental Science (Biogeography), University of Basel, St Johanns-Vorstadt 10, 4056 Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Waldstraße 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany, Systemic Conservation Biology, University of Göttingen, Berliner Strasse 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany ABSTRACT
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تاریخ انتشار 2015