Carbon dioxide recycling in two Amazonian tropical forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Da Sternberg, Leonel S L ^a   Moreira, Marcelo Z ^a,b   Martinelli, Luiz A ^b   Victoria, Reynaldo L ^b   Barbosa, Edelcilio M ^c   Bonates, Luiz C M ^c   Nepstad, Daniel C ^d  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Isotope; Recycling; Respiration; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOSED CANOPY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031592323     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(97)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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