Spatial and temporal variation of biomass in a tropical forest: Results from a large census plot in Panama

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-252

  Chave, Jérôme ^a,b   Condit, Richard ^c   Lao, Suzanne ^c   Caspersen, John P ^b,d   Foster, Robin B ^e   Hubbell, Stephen P ^c,f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass change; Carbon cycle; Dry living above ground biomass; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

EID: 0037394558     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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