Effect of interannual climate variability on carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6712, 1998, Pages 664-667

  Tian, Hanqin ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^a   Kicklighter, David W ^a   David McGuire, A ^b   Helfrich III, John V K ^a   Moore III, Berrien ^c   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032542301     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25328     Document Type: Article

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