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Extinction debt on oceanic islands
Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06203.x
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Triantis, K. A., Borges, P. A. V., Ladle, R. J., Hortal, J., Cardoso, P., Gaspar, C., Dinis, F., Mendonça, E., Silveira, L. M. A., Gabriel, R., Melo, C., Santos, A. M. C., Amorim, I. R., Ribeiro, S. P., Serrano, A. R. M., Quartau, J. A. and Whittaker, R. J. (2010), Extinction debt on oceanic islands. Ecography, 33: 285–294. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06203.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 JUN 2010
- Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010
- Manuscript Accepted 12 March 2010
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