Water balance of an australian subtropical rainforest at altitude: The ecological and physiological significance of intercepted cloud and fog

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-329

  Hutley, Lindsay B ^a   Doley, David ^b   Yates, David J ^b   Boonsaner, Arthorn ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; INTERCEPTED CLOUD; INTERCEPTED FOG; RAINFOREST; WATER BALANCE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, GAMBUBAL STATE FOREST;

EID: 0030613220     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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