Diversity in plant hydraulic traits explains seasonal and inter-annual variations of vegetation dynamics in seasonally dry tropical forests.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  New Phytologist

• Publication date

  2016-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/nph.14009PMID 27189787
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