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Byron B. Lamont, Stephen M. Bergl, Water Relations, Shoot and Root Architecture, and Phenology of Three Co-Occurring Banksia Species: No Evidence for Niche Differentiation in the Pattern of Water Use, Oikos, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Apr., 1991), pp. 291-298
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