Litter fall, biomass and net primary production in flood plain forests in the Peruvian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 93-102

  Nebel, Gustav ^a   Dragsted, Jens ^a   Vega, Angel Salazar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Carbon; Leaf area index; Specific leaf area; Wetlands; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

FLOOD PLAIN FORESTS; LITTER FALL;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; LITTERFALL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

PERU;

EID: 0035450607     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00683-6     Document Type: Article

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