Vascular Epiphytes

Forest Canopies: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 175-211

  Benzing, David H ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012457553-0/50014-9     Document Type: Chapter

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