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Environmental factors related to community-level functional traits in limestone hill forests along an altitudinal gradient: a case study in northern Thailand Cover

Environmental factors related to community-level functional traits in limestone hill forests along an altitudinal gradient: a case study in northern Thailand

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|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2019-0014 | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
Language: English
Page range: 86 - 99
Submitted on: Nov 22, 2019
Accepted on: Dec 29, 2020
Published on: Dec 31, 2019
Published by: Estonian University of Life Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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