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On becoming a plant ecologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2007

Peter J. Grubb
Peter J. Grubb*
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EA UK
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Seed Science Research , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 3 - 15
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