Boreal swamp forests: Biodiversity 'hotspots' in an impoverished forest landscape

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 795-802

  Hörnberg, Greger ^a   Zackrisson, Olle ^a   Segerström, Ulf ^a   Svensson, Bo W ^b   Ohlson, Mikael ^c   Bradshaw, Richard H W ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

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EID: 0031702861     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313391     Document Type: Article

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