Comment on "Spatial organization and ecohydrological interactions in oxygen-limited vegetation ecosystems" by Marco Marani et al.

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Gardner, Leonard Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 67650280443     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006165     Document Type: Note

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