An alternative to climate change for explaining species loss in Thoreau's woods

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John McDonald Jr et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Mar 10;106(10):E28; author reply E29.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0811954106. Epub 2009 Mar 6.

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Phylogenetic patterns of species loss in Thoreau's woods are driven by climate change.
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