Pattern of wood litter fall in five forests located along an altitudinal gradient in Central Himalaya

Plant Ecology - Tập 63 Số 1 - Trang 3-11 - 1985
Mamta Mehra1, Joginder Singh1
1Department of Botany, Kumaun University, Naini Tal, India

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