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- 2000
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- review
- Volume
- 405
- Issue
- 6783
- Pages
- 220-227
- Citations
- 3269
- Access
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Kevin J. Gaston
(2000).
Global patterns in biodiversity.
Nature
, 405
(6783)
, 220-227.
https://doi.org/10.1038/35012228
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- 10.1038/35012228