California soils and examples of ultramafic vegetation

Terrestrial Vegetation of California

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-106

  O'geen, Anthony T ^a   Dahlgren, Randy A ^a   Sanchez Mata, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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