Allocating C-S-R plant functional types: A soft approach to a hard problem

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-294

  Hodgson, J G ^a   Wilson, P J ^a   Hunt, R ^a   Grime, J P ^a   Thompson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0033056129     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546494     Document Type: Article

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