The role of competition in alpine plant communities (the northwestern causacus): An experimental approach

Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 471-476

  Pavlov, V N ^a   Onipchenko, V G ^a   Aksenova, A A ^a   Volkova, E V ^a   Zueva, O I ^a   Makarov, M I ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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