Novel climates, no‐analog communities, and ecological surprises

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

• Publication date

  2007-11-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1890/070037
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