MISTLETOE-A KEYSTONE RESOURCE IN FORESTS AND WOODLANDS WORLDWIDE

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2001-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.ECOLSYS.32.081501.114024
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