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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-977-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-977-2017
Research article
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02 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 02 Mar 2017

Can terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) and hemispherical photographs predict tropical dry forest succession with liana abundance?

Gerardo Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, J. Antonio Guzmán-Quesada, Mauricio Vega-Araya, Carlos Campos-Vargas, Sandra Milena Durán, Nikhil D'Souza, Thomas Gianoli, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, and Iain Sharp

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