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Multiresolution quantification of deciduousness in West-Central African forests
G. Viennois
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR AMAP, TA A-51/PS 2, Boulevard de la Lironde, Montpellier Cedex5, 34398, France
N. Barbier
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR AMAP, TA A-51/PS 2, Boulevard de la Lironde, Montpellier Cedex5, 34398, France
I. Fabre
Institut Agronomique Néo-Calédonien, Station de Recherche Agronomique de Saint Louis, BP 711, 98810 Mont Dore, New Caledonia, France
P. Couteron
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR AMAP, TA A-51/PS 2, Boulevard de la Lironde, Montpellier Cedex5, 34398, France
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