Nurse plant theory and its application in ecological restoration in lower subtropics of China
Authors:
- Hai RenHRHai Ren
- Long YangLYLong Yang
- Nan LiuNLNan Liu
Open Access
- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Progress in Natural Science: Materials International
- Vol. 18 (2) , 137-142
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