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The integration processes of the distributional patterns in the Mexican Transition Zone: Phyletic, paleogeographic and ecological factors of a case study

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Halffter, Gonzalo, Zunino, Mario, Moctezuma, Victor, Sánchez-Huerta, José L. (2019): The integration processes of the distributional patterns in the Mexican Transition Zone: Phyletic, paleogeographic and ecological factors of a case study. Zootaxa 4586 (1): 1-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.1.1

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