Plant Life of Southwestern Australia : Adaptations for Survival
The southwestern Australian flora is unique in the world, not only for its biodiversity and endemism, but also for its functional biodiversity. It also contains the world's most nutrient-impoverished soils, has a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. These conditions ha...
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De Gruyter Open Poland
2015
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