Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation.
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Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2023
03 2023
Historique:
received:
14
04
2022
accepted:
15
12
2022
pubmed:
2
3
2023
medline:
11
3
2023
entrez:
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3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Tropical forests play a critical role in the hydrological cycle and can influence local and regional precipitation
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pubmed: 36859548
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05690-1
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-05690-1
pmc: PMC9995269
doi:
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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eng
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270-275Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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