Ecological insights from fern population dynamics

Fern Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 61-110

  Sharpe, Joanne M ^a   Mehltreter, Klaus ^b  

^a Sharplex Services   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511844898.004     Document Type: Chapter

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