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B. D. Wheeler, K. E. Giller, Species Richness of Herbaceous Fen Vegetation in Broadland, Norfolk in Relation to the Quantity of Above-Ground Plant Material, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 179-200
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