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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5421-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5421-2013
Research article
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14 Aug 2013
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2013

Detecting tropical forest biomass dynamics from repeated airborne lidar measurements

V. Meyer, S. S. Saatchi, J. Chave, J. W. Dalling, S. Bohlman, G. A. Fricker, C. Robinson, M. Neumann, and S. Hubbell

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