Effect of intraspecific competition and inundation regime on the growth of Arthrocnemum macrostachyum in a coastal swamp in Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-172

  Gul, Bilquees ^a   Khan M, Ajmal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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