Phenology and habitat specificity of tropical ferns

Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 201-221

  Mehltreter, Klaus ^a  

^a Departamento de Sistemática Vegetal Instituto de Ecologya A C   (Mexico)

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EID: 84901297021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541827.009     Document Type: Chapter

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