Vegetation ecology: theory, methods and applications with reference to Fennoscandia
Vegetation patterns and structuring processes in coastal shell-beds at Akerøya, Hvaler, SE Norway.
Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition.
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