Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1443, 2004, Pages 345-352

  Laurance, William F ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Carbon dynamics; Edge effects; Fire; Forest hydrology; Microclimate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DESICCATION; EDGE EFFECT; FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYDROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; TROPICAL FOREST; WIND;

EID: 1642314746     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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