Geography of forest disturbance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3711-3712

  Asner, Gregory P ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FAUNA; FLORA; FOREST DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WATER CYCLE;

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EID: 84874583291     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300396110     Document Type: Note

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