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Continuous, overlapping gradients — Alternative ecological diagrams: A comment on Taylor & Blum

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Coutinho, M. Continuous, overlapping gradients — Alternative ecological diagrams: A comment on Taylor & Blum. Biol Philos 8, 85–92 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00868507

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