Heterogeneity of soils and vegetation in an eastern Amazonian rain forest: Implications for scaling up biomass and production

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 692-704

  Williams, Mat ^a,c   Shimabukuro, Y E ^b   Herbert, D A ^a   Lacruz, S Pardi ^b   Renno, C ^b   Rastetter, E B ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Gross primary production (GPP); Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere experiment; Leaf area index (LAI); Soil texture

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST SOIL; HETEROGENEITY; RAINFOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036865433     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0165-x     Document Type: Article

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