Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology

Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wildi, Otto ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470664971     Document Type: Book

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