Water dynamics of epiphytic vegetation in a lower montane cloud forest: Fog interception, storage, and evaporation

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 261-267

  Tobon C ^a   Kohler L ^b   Frumau, K F A ^c   Bruijnzeel, L A ^d   Burkard, R ^e   Schmid, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84873037907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778384.028     Document Type: Chapter

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