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Cross-species and assemblage-based approaches to Bergmann's rule and the biogeography of body size in Plethodon salamanders of eastern North America
Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06244.x
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Olalla-Tárraga, M. Á., Bini, L. M., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. and Rodríguez, M. Á. (2010), Cross-species and assemblage-based approaches to Bergmann's rule and the biogeography of body size in Plethodon salamanders of eastern North America. Ecography, 33: 362–368. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06244.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 JUN 2010
- Article first published online: 10 MAY 2010
- Manuscript Accepted 22 February 2010
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