Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2007-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2007.01020.XPMID 17355570
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