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The species–area relationship does not have an asymptote!

  1. Mark Williamson1,†,
  2. Kevin J. Gaston2,†,
  3. W. M. Lonsdale3,†

Article first published online: 7 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00603.x

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Journal of Biogeography

Journal of Biogeography

Volume 28, Issue 7, pages 827–830, July 2001

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Williamson, M. , Gaston, K. J. and Lonsdale, W. M. (2001), The species–area relationship does not have an asymptote!. Journal of Biogeography, 28: 827–830. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00603.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5DD, UK

  2. 2

    Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK

  3. 3

    CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia

* Mark Williamson 1 Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5 DD, UK. E-mail: mw1@york.ac.uk

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