Shock value: Are lianas natural lightning rods?

Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 147-153

  Yanoviak, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Electrical resistivity; Mortality; Trees; Tropical forest; Vines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956690986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7161-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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