Rainforest air-conditioning: the moderating influence of epiphytes on the microclimate in tropical tree crowns

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  International journal of biometeorology

• Publication date

  2002-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/S00484-001-0117-8PMID 12135199
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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