Where are the subtropics?

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-275

  Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate; Frost; Latitude; Subtropical; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877113809     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12028     Document Type: Editorial

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