Nature and Structure of the Climax

1936/02/01 by Frederic E. Clements · 1,204 citations
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Climax #Ecology #Historical and Architectural Studies #Science and Climate Studies #Tree-ring climate responses

paper · doi:10.2307/2256278

published in Journal of Ecology 24(1), 252 (Wiley)

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