Meso-scale climate change due to lowland deforestation in the maritime tropics

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 527-537

  Van Der Molen, M K ^a   Vugts, H F ^b   Bruijnzeel, L A ^b   Scatena, F N ^c   Pielke, R A ^d   Kroon, L J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 79951895675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778384.056     Document Type: Chapter

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