Forest species diversity in upper elevation hardwood forests in the southern Appalachian mountains

Castanea

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-42

  Elliott, Katherine J ^a   Hewitt, Deidre ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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