CONNECT AC INTEGRATED PRIN OF ZOOLOGY
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Author: HICKMAN
Publisher: INTER MCG
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What are the consequences of climatic cycles for vicariance? What difficulties do they introduce for the traditional methodology of vicariance biogeography?
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