The ecoclimatology of Danum, Sabah, in the context of the world's rainforest regions, with particular reference to dry periods and their impact

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1391, 1999, Pages 1869-1883

  Walsh, R P D ^a   Newbery, D M ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borneo; Climatic change; Drought magnitude frequency; El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Tree water relationships; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY;

DANUM VALLEY; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

EID: 0033615991     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0528     Document Type: Article

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