Plant niches along the water-table gradient on an ombrotrophic mire expanse

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-121

  Nordbakken, Jørn Frode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRE; WATER-TABLE GRADIENT;

NORWAY;

SPHAGNOPSIDA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0030303777     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00162.x     Document Type: Article

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