Maintaining high rates of carbon storage in old forests: A mechanism linking canopy structure to forest function

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  2013

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  Forest Ecology and Management

• Publication date

  2013-06-15

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.FORECO.2013.02.031
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