Expanded view of the local – regional richness relationship by incorporating functional richness and time : a large - scale perspectivegeb
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21307, USA, CIMAR/CIIMAR – Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050 – 123 Porto, Portugal, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Kiel, Duesternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center for Tropical Forest Science, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama ABSTRACT
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