Rainfall interception studies in the tropical forests

Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-28

  Kuraji, K ^a   Tanaka, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; VEGETATION;

TROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0043015951     PISSN: 0021485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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