Hot, dry and different: Australian lizard richness is unlike that of mammals, amphibians and birds

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Global Ecology and Biogeography

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1466-8238.2009.00521.X
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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