Vegetation of Linville Gorge Wilderness, North Carolina

Castanea

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-322

  Newell, Claire L ^a,b   Peet, Robert K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032438502     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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