Richness and composition of plants and birds on landbridge islands: effects of island attributes and differential responses of species groups
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The Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, and the Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL 33199, USA, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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