Structural and Functional Responses of a Subtropical Forest to 10 Years of Hurricanes and Droughts

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Ecological Monographs

• Publication date

  2005-02-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/04-1114
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