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Simon R. Leather, Insect Species Richness of the British Rosaceae: The Importance of Host Range, Plant Architecture, Age of Establishment, Taxonomic Isolation and Species-Area Relationships, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Oct., 1986), pp. 841-860
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