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A comment on "Species are not most abundant in the center of their geographic range or climatic niche"
Abstract
A study recently published argued against a relationship between population density and position in geographic and environmental spaces. We found a number of methodological problems underlying the analysis. We discuss the main issues and conclude that these problems hinder a robust conclusion about the original question.
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