The importance of including lianas in global vegetationmodels

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E4-

  Verbeeck, Hans ^a   Kearsley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBIOSIS; CARBON CYCLE; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTIBIOSIS; CARBON CYCLE; FORESTS; TREES;

EID: 84953258885     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1521343113     Document Type: Letter

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