Main types of vegetation zonation on the mountains of the Caucasus

Acta Phytogeographica Suecica

Volumn 85, Issue , 2000, Pages 7-16

  Zazanashvili, N ^a   Gagnidze, R ^a   Nakhutsrishvili, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal profile; Refuge; Vegetation zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038957360     PISSN: 00845914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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