Genetic variation and the natural history of quaking aspen

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Mitton, Jeffry B ^a   Grant, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0030062292     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312652     Document Type: Article

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