Predicting local colonization and extinction dynamics from coarser-scale surveys
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چکیده
J. Moody-Weis ([email protected]) and H. M. Alexander, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. (Present address of J. M.-W.: 500 College Hill, Campus Box 1059, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO 64068, USA.) J. Antonovics, Dept of Biology, Gilmer Hall, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22905, USA. D. Pilson, School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Nebraska, Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0118, USA.
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