Supersizing: Progress in documenting and understanding grass species richness

Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 275-295

  Hodkinson, T R ^a   Savolainen, V ^b   Jacobs, S W L ^c   Bouchenak Khelladi, Y ^a   Kinney, M S ^a   Salamin, N ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420009538     Document Type: Chapter

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