Effective evolutionary time and the latitudinal diversity gradient

The Balance of Nature and Human Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 169-180

  Gillman, Len N ^a   Wright, Shane D ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84924144322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139095075.018     Document Type: Chapter

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