A Complex Metacommunity Structure for Gastropods Along an Elevational Gradient

Biotropica - Tập 43 Số 4 - Trang 480-488 - 2011
Steven J. Presley1, Michael R. Willig1, Christopher P. Bloch2, Ivan Castro‐Arellano1,3, Christopher L. Higgins4, Brian T. Klingbeil1
1Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 3107 Horsebarn Hill Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-4210, U.S.A.
2Department of Biological Sciences, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02325, U.S.A.
3Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Victoria, Boulevard Emilio Portes Gil 103 Pte., Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas CP 87010, Mexico
4Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas 76402, U.S.A.

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