Environmental factors related to community-level functional traits in limestone hill forests along an altitudinal gradient: a case study in northern Thailand
By: Lamthai Asanok, Torlarp Kamyo and Dokrak Marod
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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
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