N:P balance in Wetland forests: Productivity across a biogeochemical continuum

Botanical Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-185

  Lockaby, B G ^a   Conner, W H ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001164409     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02857626     Document Type: Article

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