Divergent trophic responses to biogeographic and environmental gradients
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M. G. Matias ([email protected]), C. L. Pereira and M. B. Araújo, InBio/CIBIO, Univ. of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, PT-7000 Évora, Portugal. MGM also at: Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire, UK. MBA also at: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natl Hist. Mus. of Denmark, Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. – P. M. Raposeiro, V. Gonçalves, A. M. Cruz* and A. C. Costa, InBio/CIBIO, Univ. dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
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