Carbon storage in tropical forests correlates with taxonomic diversity and functional dominance on a global scale

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Global Ecology and Biogeography

• Publication date

  2014-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/GEB.12143
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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