The biogeochemical heterogeneity of tropical forests

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 424-431

  Townsend, Alan R ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Cleveland, Cory C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TROPICAL FOREST; UPLIFT;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SOIL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 47049122192     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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