Structure and the composition of species in timberline ecotones of the southern Andes

Mountain Ecosystems: Studies in Treeline Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 117-151

  Pollmann, William ^a   Hildebrand, Renate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27365-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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