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A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

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A Linear-Time Algorithm for Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Trait Evolution Models

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Specialization on traits as basis for the niche-breadth of flower visitors and as structuring mechanism of ecological networks

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Brains and the city: big-brained passerine birds succeed in urban environments

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Do species’ traits predict recent shifts at expanding range edges?

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A framework for estimating niche metrics using the resemblance between qualitative resources

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Using diet to assess the sensitivity of northern and upland birds to climate change

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Associations between species and groups of sites: indices and statistical inference

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Phylogenetic Logistic Regression for Binary Dependent Variables

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