Landscape ecosystem diversity of river floodplains in northwestern Lower Michigan, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1405-1418

  Baker, Matthew E ^a   Barnes, Burton V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032407981     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-107     Document Type: Article

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