Fragmentation Impairs the Microclimate Buffering Effect of Tropical Forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ewers, Robert M ^a   Banks Leite, Cristina ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; MICROCLIMATE; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84874638379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058093     Document Type: Article

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