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Twenty years and counting with SADIE: Spatial Analysis by Distance Indices software and review of its adoption and use 二十年与SADIE计数：距离指数空间分析软件及其采用和使用综述

Rethinking Ecology Pub Date : 2019-01-21 DOI: 10.3897/RETHINKINGECOLOGY.4.30890

L. Winder, C. J. Alexander, G. Griffiths, J. Holland, C. Woolley, J. Perry

引用次数: 19

Divergence rates of subviral pathogens of angiosperms abruptly decreased at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary 被子植物亚病毒病原体的分化率在白垩纪-古近纪边界突然下降

Rethinking Ecology Pub Date : 2019-01-07 DOI: 10.3897/RETHINKINGECOLOGY.4.33014

Piotr Bajdek

引用次数: 2

Sarracenia carnivorous plants cannot serve as efficient biological control of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax in Europe Sarracenia食肉植物不能有效地生物控制欧洲入侵的胡蜂

Rethinking Ecology Pub Date : 2018-11-12 DOI: 10.3897/RETHINKINGECOLOGY.3.28516

Marie-Anne Wycke, Romaric Perrocheau, E. Darrouzet

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引用次数: 3

A reply to “Ranging Behavior Drives Parasite Richness: A More Parsimonious Hypothesis” 对“范围行为驱动寄生虫丰富度:一个更简约的假设”的回复

Rethinking Ecology Pub Date : 2018-05-21 DOI: 10.3897/RETHINKINGECOLOGY.3.29573

M. Charpentier, P. Kappeler

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引用次数: 1

Vegetation structure and decreased moth abundance limit the recolonisation of restored habitat by the European Nightjar 植被结构和蛾类数量的减少限制了欧洲夜莺对恢复栖息地的重新定居

Rethinking Ecology Pub Date : 2018-03-10 DOI: 10.3897/RETHINKINGECOLOGY.3.29338

Nathalie Winiger, P. Korner, R. Arlettaz, A. Jacot

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引用次数: 7