Climate envelope models in systematics and evolutionary research: Theory and practice

Climate Change, Ecology and Systematics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 243-264

  Rodder D ^a,b   Schmidtlein, S ^c   Schick, S ^b   Lotters S ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 84932097774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974540.012     Document Type: Chapter

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