Are Biotic Factors Significant in Influencing the Distribution of Halophytes in Saline Habitats?

Botanical Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-199

  Ungar, Irwin A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/BF02856582     Document Type: Article

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