Coarse-scale gradient analysis of environmental factors in relation to plant species diversity for vegetation communities of california

Geographic Information Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-60

  Fairbanks, Dean H K ^a,b   McGwire, Kenneth C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0010252862     PISSN: 10824006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824000009480533     Document Type: Article

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