Assessing trait‐based scaling theory in tropical forests spanning a broad temperature gradient

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Global Ecology and Biogeography

• Publication date

  2017-12-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/GEB.12645
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