Reply to comment by L. R. Gardner on Spatial organization and ecohydrological interactions in oxygen-limited vegetation ecosystems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Tosatto, Omar ^a   Belluco, Enrica ^a   Silvestri, Sonia ^b   Ursino, Nadia ^a   Comerlati, Andrea ^a   Putti, Mario ^a   Marani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Servizio Informativo   (Italy)

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EID: 67650308247     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006345     Document Type: Note

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