The vegetation of Georgia (south Caucasus)

The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus)

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-235

  Nakhutsrishvili, Giorgi ^a  

^a ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Ecosystems of Georgia; Ecosystems of the Caucasus; Plant communities; Plant ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893044725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29915-5     Document Type: Book

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