Are species – area relationships from entire archipelagos congruent with those of their constituent islands ?
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Department of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK, Universidade dos Açores, Dep. de Ciências Agrárias – CITA-A (Azorean Biodiversity Group), Terra-Chã, 9700-851 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal, Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK, NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK ABSTRACT
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