Flux dynamics in the cerrado and cerrado-forest transition of Brazil

Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 97-116

  Vourlitis, George Louis ^a   Da Rocha, Humberto Ribeiro ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10275     Document Type: Chapter

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