Null model tests for niche conservatism, phylogenetic assortment and habitat filtering
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assortment and habitat filtering Werner Ulrich*, Marcin Piwczyński, Fernando T. Maestre and Nicholas J. Gotelli Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biologı́a y Geologı́a, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologı́a, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Móstoles, Spain; and Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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