Dispersal modes affect tropical forest assembly across trophic levels
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L. Beaudrot ([email protected]), M. Rejm á nek and A. J. Marshall, Graduate Group in Ecology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. LB and AJM also at: Dept of Anthropology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. AJM also at: Animal Behavior Graduate Group, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. MR also at: Dept of Evolution and Ecology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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