Global models for predicting woody plant richness from climate: Reply

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 259-262

  Field, Richard ^a   O'Brien, Eileen M ^b,c   Lavers, Chris P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 34247107909     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[259:GMFPWP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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