Midpoint attractors and species richness: Modelling the interaction between environmental drivers and geometric constraints.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2016-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ele.12640PMID 27358193
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