Linking remote sensing and ecological vegetation communities: A multivariate approach

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 337-349

  Malik, Riffat N ^a   Husain, Syed Z ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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EID: 49449109228     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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