Articles | Volume 7, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-907-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-907-2010
08 Mar 2010
 | 08 Mar 2010

A simple ecohydrological model captures essentials of seasonal leaf dynamics in semi-arid tropical grasslands

P. Choler, W. Sea, P. Briggs, M. Raupach, and R. Leuning

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