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Group lightning mortality of trees in a Neotropical forest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

William E. Magnusson ,
Albertina P. Lima  and
Odilon De Lima
William E. Magnusson
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011–970 Manaus Am, Brasil
Albertina P. Lima
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011–970 Manaus Am, Brasil
Odilon De Lima
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011–970 Manaus Am, Brasil
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Keywords

gaplightningmortalityrainforesttree
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , November 1996 , pp. 899 - 903
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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