Plants and water in drylands

Eco-Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 78-126

  Wainwright, John ^a   Mulligan, Mark ^a   Thornes, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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