Spatial patterns of biodiversity-assessing vegetation using hexagonal grids

Biology and Environment

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-411

  Jurasinski, Gerald ^a   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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EID: 33845642920     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2006.106.3.401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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