Multi-annual climate in Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, Atacama Desert, Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-254

  Thompson, Matthew V ^a   Palma, Beatriz ^b   Knowles, Jason T ^c   Holbrook, N Michele ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS   (Chile)

^c GIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Meteorology; Pan de Az car; Plant

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA;

EID: 1042302584     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2003000200009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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