Aboveground biomass and net primary production along a Virginia barrier island dune chronosequence

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-38

  Dilustro, John J ^a   Day, Frank P ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMOPHILA BREVILIGULATA; SPARTINA PATENS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031042575     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426752     Document Type: Article

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