Regeneration of whitebark pine in the timberline ecotone of the Beartooth Plateau, U.S.A.: Spatial distribution and responsible agents

Mountain Ecosystems: Studies in Treeline Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 97-115

  Mellmann Brown, Sabine ^a  

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27365-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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