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Distribution of microarthropods across altitude and aspect in the sub-Antarctic: climate change implications for an isolated oceanic island
- 1. National Museum, P.O. Box 266; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa.
- 2. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0083, South Africa.
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Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A., Le Roux, Peter C. (2018): Distribution of microarthropods across altitude and aspect in the sub-Antarctic: climate change implications for an isolated oceanic island. Acarologia 58 (8): 43-60, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20184278, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184278
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