Changes in Amazonian forest biomass, dynamics, and composition, 1980-2002

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 2009, Pages 373-387

  Phillips, Oliver L ^a   Higuchi, Niro ^b   Vieira, Simone ^c   Baker, Timothy R ^a   Chao, Kuo Jung ^a   Lewis, Simon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84871714513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000739     Document Type: Article

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