Flooding and ecosystem dynamics along the Tanana River: Applying the state-factor approach to studies of ecosystem structure and function on the Tanana River floodplain

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 690-695

  Yarie, John ^a   Viereck, Leslie ^a   Van Cleve, Keith ^a   Adams, Phyllis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 0031823159     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313332     Document Type: Article

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