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Island biogeography of the Mediterranean sea: the species–area relationship for terrestrial isopods

  1. Gabriele Gentile1,*,
  2. Roberto Argano2

Article first published online: 17 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01329.x

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Journal of Biogeography

Journal of Biogeography

Volume 32, Issue 10, pages 1715–1726, October 2005

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Gentile, G. and Argano, R. (2005), Island biogeography of the Mediterranean sea: the species–area relationship for terrestrial isopods. Journal of Biogeography, 32: 1715–1726. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01329.x

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  1. 1

    Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Tor Vergata

  2. 2

    Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

* *Gabriele Gentile, Dipartimento di Biologia, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy. E-mail: gentile@uniroma2.it

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