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Festuco-brometea BR.-BL. & R.TX. 1943 in the british isles: The phytogeography and phytosociology of limestone grasslands

Part I (a) General introduction; (b) Xerobromion in England

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This paper forms part of a Ph. D. Thesis submitted at the University of Durham, England in 1968.

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Shimwell, D.W. Festuco-brometea BR.-BL. & R.TX. 1943 in the british isles: The phytogeography and phytosociology of limestone grasslands. Plant Ecol 23, 1–27 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02326650

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