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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2020

Andrea Rinaldo ,
Marino Gatto  and
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Andrea Rinaldo
Affiliation:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marino Gatto
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Milano
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Affiliation:
Texas A & M University
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River Networks as Ecological Corridors
Species, Populations, Pathogens
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