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What Do Range Maps and Surveys Tell Us About Diversity Patterns?

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Work by M. R. and M. Á. R. is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (grant CGL2006-03000/BOS).

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Hawkins, B.A., Rueda, M. & Rodríguez, M.Á. What Do Range Maps and Surveys Tell Us About Diversity Patterns?. Folia Geobot 43, 345–355 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-008-9007-8

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