Shifting dynamics of climate-functional groups in old- growth Amazonian forests
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Shifting dynamics of climate-functional groups in oldgrowth Amazonian forests Nathalie Butt a g , Yadvinder Malhi a , Mark New a h i , Manuel J. Macía b , Simon L. Lewis c d , Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez c , William F. Laurance e , Susan Laurance e , Regina Luizão f , Ana Andrade f , Timothy R. Baker c , Samuel Almeida j & Oliver L. Phillips c a Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment , Oxford , UK b Departamento de Biología , Área de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Spain c Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds , UK d Department of Geography , University College London , London , UK e James Cook University , Cairns , Australia f INPA , Manaus , Brazil g School of Biological Sciences , University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia h African Climate and Development Initiative i Department of Environmental and Geographical Science , University of Capetown , South Africa; Died 2011 j Died 2011 Accepted author version posted online: 30 Jul 2012.Published online: 02 Oct 2012.
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