Vegetation and seed bank studies of salt-pulsed swamps of the Nanticoke River, Chesapeake Bay

Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 139-160

  Baldwin, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 77749345237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5095-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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