Carbon in Amazon Forests: Unexpected Seasonal Fluxes and Disturbance-Induced Losses

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5650, 2003, Pages 1554-1557

  Saleska, Scott R ^a   Miller, Scott D ^b   Matross, Daniel M ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^b   Wofsy, Steven C ^a   Da Rocha, Humberto R ^c   De Camargo, Plinio B ^c   Crill, Patrick ^d,g   Daube, Bruce C ^a   De Freitas, Helber C ^c   Hutyra, Lucy ^a   Keller, Michael ^d,e   Kirchhoff, Volker ^f   Menton, Mary ^b   Munger, J William ^a   Pyle, Elizabeth Hammond ^a   Rice, Amy H ^a   Silva, Hudson ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EDDY COVARIANCE METHODS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SEASONALITY; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE GROWTH; WET DEPOSITION;

BRAZIL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAIN; SEASONS; TREES; WOOD;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0345258457     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1091165     Document Type: Article

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