Seasonal variation in net carbon exchange and evapotranspiration in a Brazilian rain forest: A modelling analysis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 953-968

  Williams, M ^a   Malhi, Y ^b   Nobre, A D ^c   Rastetter, E B ^a   Grace, J ^b   Pereira, M G P ^c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Biosphere atmosphere interactions; Eddy covariance; Hydraulic resistance; Photosynthesis; Soil plant atmosphere model

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODELING; RAINFOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031767990     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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