Fire frequency and tree canopy structure influence plant species diversity in a forest-grassland ecotone

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Plant Ecology

• Publication date

  2007-02-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11258-007-9270-4
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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