Brazilian Paramos II. Macro- and mesoclimate of the campos de altitude and affinities with high mountain climates of the tropical Andes and Costa Rica

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 713-737

  Safford, Hugh DeForest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Brazil; Campos de altitude; Mountain climates; Paramo; Tropical alpine

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PARAMO; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0004493109     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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