Varying strength of relationship between temperature and growth of high-level fir at marginal ecosystems in western Himalaya, India

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1152-1156

  Yadav, Ram R ^a   Singh, Jayendra ^a   Dubey, Bhasha ^a   Chaturvedi, Rajesh ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

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EID: 4444376340     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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