On the uptake of ornithogenic products by plants on the inland mountains of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, using stable isotopes

Polar Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Cocks, M P ^a,c   Balfour, D A ^a,b   Stock, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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PAGODROMA NIVEA;

EID: 0031877846     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050283     Document Type: Article

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