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Age and Area in Biology

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IN his recent book, “Age and Area,” Dr. Willis gives (p. 114) the following: “Table showing in the horizontal lines the average number of vice-counties in Britain reached by the most widely distributed species in each genus of different sizes, and by the second, third, fourth, and fifth most widely distributed species.”

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NEWTON, W. Age and Area in Biology. Nature 111, 48 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111048a0

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