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Ecology – Ecological Society of America
Published: Mar 1, 2008
Keywords: Arundinaria gigantea ; bamboo demography ; bottomland hardwood forests ; canebrakes ; clonal biology ; fire ecology ; giant cane ; multiple disturbances ; plant monodominance ; tornados ; windstorms
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