Patterns of Plant Species Diversity in California: Relation to Weather and Topography

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• Publication year

  1980

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  1980-10-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/283645
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