Addressing the challenges of including lianas in global vegetation models

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

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E5-E6

  Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a,b   Van Der Heijden, Geertje M F ^a,b,c   Powers, Jennifer S ^b,d  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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: 84953287561     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1521823113     Document Type: Letter

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