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Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
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Geobotany and ecology

An information-theoretical measure of β-diversity

Carlo RicottaCorrespondencecarlo.ricotta, [email protected]
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Giancarlo Avena Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza“, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, 00185, Italy
Pages 57-61 | Received 19 Mar 2002, Accepted 03 Jul 2002, Published online: 24 Nov 2006

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