Assembly Rules: Desert Rodent Communities Are Structured at Scales from Local to Continental

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Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsAssembly Rules: Desert Rodent Communities Are Structured at Scales from Local to ContinentalJames H. Brown, Barry J. Fox, and Douglas A. Kelt, and Associate Editor: Dolph SchluterJames H. Brown*To whom correspondence should be addressed; e‐mail: [email protected]. Search for more articles by this author , Barry J. Fox Search for more articles by this author , and Douglas A. Kelt Search for more articles by this author , and Associate Editor: Dolph Schluter Search for more articles by this author 1. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131;2. School of Biological Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia;3. 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