The vegetation of the subnival belt of the Caucasus Mountains

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Nakhutsrishvili, George Sh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FLORISTICS;

CAUCASUS; EUROPE;

EID: 0031720776     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551969     Document Type: Article

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