The contributions of nitrogen-fixing symbioses to coastal heathland succession

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 334-342

  Dudley, Judith L ^a,b   Michener, Bob ^a   Lajtha, Kate ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORELLA PENSYLVANICA; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 3242863896     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426716     Document Type: Article

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