The importance of cloud and fog in the maintenance of ecosystems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 214-215

  Weathers, K C ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLOUD; ECOSYSTEM; FOG; FOREST; NOTE; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTANT; TREE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032961385     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01635-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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