Land-use history and forest herb diversity in Tompkins County, New York, USA

Forest Biodiversity: Lessons from History for Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 81-95

  Flinn, K M ^a   Marks, P L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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