Ecology of tree seed and seedlings: Implications for tropical forest conservation and restoration

Current Science

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 748-757

  Khurana, Ekta ^a   Singh, J S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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