Meso-scale climate change in the central mountain region of veracruz state, mexico

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 549-556

  Barradas, V L ^a   Cervantes Perez, J ^b   Ramos Palacios, R ^c   Puchet Anyul, C ^c   Vazquez Rodriguez, P ^c   Granados Ramirez, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84861697452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778384.058     Document Type: Chapter

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