Neighbour interaction and stability in subalpine meadow communities

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Kikvidze, Zaal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Environmental relation; Function; Photosynthesis; Structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STABILITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0030441526     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236414     Document Type: Article

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