Plant communities, plant-plant interactions, and climate change

Positive Plant Interactions and Community Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 99-123

  Brooker, Rob W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781439824955     Document Type: Chapter

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