Advanced Photogrammetry to Assess Lichen Colonization in the Hyper-Arid Namib Desert
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Advanced Photogrammetry to Assess Lichen Colonization in the Hyper-Arid Namib Desert
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02083