Ice formation and propagation in alpine plants

Plants in Alpine Regions: Cell Physiology of Adaption and Survival Strategies

Volumn 9783709101360, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-174

  Neuner, Gilbert ^a   Hacker, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 84864579676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0136-0_12     Document Type: Chapter

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