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Helmut Blaschke, Distribution, Mycorrhizal Infection, and Structure of Roots of Calcicole Floral Elements at Treeline, Bavarian Alps, Germany, Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov., 1991), pp. 444-450
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