Plant Diversity ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (01): 20-36.DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2016.10.003
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Uma Shankar, Amit Kumar Tripathi. Rainforests north of the Tropic of Cancer: Physiognomy, floristics and diversity in ‘lowland rainforests’ of Meghalaya, India[J]. Plant Diversity, 2017, 39(01): 20-36.
Uma Shankar, Amit Kumar Tripathi. Rainforests north of the Tropic of Cancer: Physiognomy, floristics and diversity in ‘lowland rainforests’ of Meghalaya, India[J]. Plant Diversity, 2017, 39(01): 20-36.
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