Links between native forest and climate in Australia

Weather

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Deo, Ravinesh C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952064966     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.659     Document Type: Article

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