Interaction of fire and rainfall variability on tree structure and carbon fluxes in Savannas: Application of the flames model

Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 293-308

  Liedloff, Adam ^a   Cook, Garry D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 80052279055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10275     Document Type: Chapter

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