The role of abiotic and biotic factors in functional structure and processes of alpine subshrub communities

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Folia Geobotanica

• Publication date

  2017-08-09

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s12224-017-9296-x
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