Landscape biogeochemistry reflected in shifting distributions of chemical traits in the Amazon forest canopy

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 567-575

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Anderson, Christopher B ^a   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Tupayachi, Raul ^a   Knapp, David E ^a   Sinca, Felipe ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84934297307     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2443     Document Type: Article

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