Functional attributes in mediterranean-type ecosystems

Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 285-312

  Joffre, Richard ^a   Rambal, Serge ^a   Damesin, Claire ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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