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Annals of Botany 93: 616-617, 2004
© 2004 Annals of Botany Company

Larcher, W. Physiological plant ecology. 4th edn

H. POORTER

Physiological Plant Ecology. 4th edn.
Larcher W. 2003.
Berlin: Springer.
£30.50 (hardback). 513 pp.

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