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The mid-domain effect: geometric constraints on the geography of species richness
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- Authors
- Colwell, R. K., & Lees, D. C.
- Venue
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-02
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 70-76
- ISSN
- 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2046813022
- Cited by
- 1,121
- References
- 42
- FWCI
- 4.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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