Ski slope vegetation of Lee Canyon, Nevada, USA

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-504

  Titus, Jonathan H ^a,b   Landau, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

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EID: 1642498188     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0491:SSVOLC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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