Ecosystem heterogeneity determines the ecological resilience of the Amazon to climate change

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

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

• Publication date

  2015-12-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1511344112PMID 26711984PMCID PMC4725538
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