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Biogeography of rodents in Iran: species richness, elevational distribution and their environmental correlates

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Gbif.Org, Occdownload (2022): Biogeography of rodents in Iran: species richness, elevational distribution and their environmental correlates. Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 86 (4): 309-320, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2021-0104, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15468/dl.zkdzhh

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