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Biogeography and macroecology: now a significant component of physical geography

Martin Kent

School of Geography, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK, m.kent{at}plymouth.ac.uk

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Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 31, No. 6, 643-657 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0309133307087088
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