Large-scale biogeographical patterns of species richness of trees

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  1987-09-24

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1038/329326A0
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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