Hydrometeorological patterns in relation to montane forest types along an elevational gradient in the Yungas of Bolivia

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 199-207

  Schawe, M ^a   Gerold, G ^a   Bach, K ^b   Gradstein, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84933504655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778384.022     Document Type: Chapter

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