Are Species’ Range Limits Simply Niche Limits Writ Large? A Review of Transplant Experiments beyond the Range

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  2013

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2013-12-13

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/674525PMID 24464192
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