Modelling Terrestrial Carbon Exchange and Storage: Evidence and Implications of Functional Convergence in Light-use Efficiency

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue C, 1999, Pages 57-92

  Goetz, S J ^a   Prince, S D ^a  

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EID: 77956790535     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2504(08)60029-X     Document Type: Article

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