The Self-Thinning Rule

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 14, Issue C, 1984, Pages 167-225

  Westoby, Mark ^a  

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EID: 0001199775     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2504(08)60171-3     Document Type: Article

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