Species composition and diversity of small Afromontane forest fragments in northern Ethiopia

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Plant Ecology

• Publication date

  2006-03-31

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11258-006-9137-0
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