Diverse elevational diversity gradients in great smoky mountains national park, U.S.A.

Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 75-87

  Sanders, Nathan J ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^b   Fitzpatrick, Matthew C ^a   Carlton, Christopher E ^c   Pogue, Michael R ^d   Parker, Charles R ^e   Simons, Theodore R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420083705     Document Type: Chapter

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