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Spatially explicit analysis of gastropod biodiversity in ancient Lake Ohrid
T. Hauffe
Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
C. Albrecht
Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
K. Schreiber
Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
K. Birkhofer
Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
S. Trajanovski
Department of Zoobenthos, Hydrobiological Institute Ohrid, Ohrid, Macedonia
T. Wilke
Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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