Effects of spatial heterogeneity of microenvironment on plant biodiversity in the southeastern missouri ozarks

Geographic Information Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-47

  Xu, Ming ^a   Qi, Ye ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^b   Yin, Wuyuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84906965769     PISSN: 10824006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824000009480532     Document Type: Article

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