Constraints and trade-offs in Mediterranean plant communities: The case of holm oak-Aleppo pine forests

Botanical Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-149

  Zavala, M A ^a   Espelta, J M ^b   Retana, Javier ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0001368701     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02857785     Document Type: Review

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