Environmental controls on photosynthetic rates of lower montane cloud forest vegetation in south-western Colombia

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 465-478

  Letts, M G ^a   Mulligan, M ^b   Rincon Romero, M E ^c   Bruijnzeel, L A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84884708863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778384.051     Document Type: Chapter

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