Plant life in Antarctica

Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 389-433

  Green, T G Allan ^a   Schroeter, Burkhard ^b   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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