Towards a unified descriptive theory for spatial ecology: predicting biodiversity patterns across spatial scales

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Methods in Ecology and Evolution

• Publication date

  2015-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/2041-210X.12319
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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