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Stefano Masier1, Dries Bonte1

  • 1Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.

Ecology Letters
|November 20, 2019
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Keywords:
Arthropodaconnectednessconnectivityexperimental evolutionhabitat fragmentation

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