Tropical forests of Xishuangbanna, China

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-309

  Cao, Min ^a   Zou, Xiaoming ^a,b   Warren, Matthew ^b   Zhu, Hua ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Climate; Geography; Soil; Tropical rain forest; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOG; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 33646472802     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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