Germination and early growth traits of 14 plant species native to northern Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-46

  Flores, Joel ^a,b   Jurado, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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