Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2013-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ele.12070PMID 23346919
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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