Niche breadth predicts geographical range size: a general ecological pattern.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2013-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ele.12140PMID 23773417
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