How forests attract rain: An examination of a new hypothesis

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-347

  Sheil, Douglas ^a,b   Murdiyarso, Daniel ^a,b  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental services; Macroecology; Paleoclimate; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649780925     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.4.12     Document Type: Review

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