An ecological perspective on biodiversity investigations: Examples from Australian eucalypt forests

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-17

  Austin, Mike P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0031845933     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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