Nonlinear thermal gradients shape broadscale patterns in geographic range size and can reverse Rapoports rule
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Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84005 Bratislava, Slovakia, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA, Department of Biology, Siena College, Loudonville, NY 12211, USA, Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA 22124, USA, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA ABSTRACT
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