An international network to monitor the structure, composition and dynamics of Amazonian forests (RAINFOR)

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 439-450

  Malhi, Y ^a   Phillips, O L ^b   Lloyd, J ^h   Baker, T ^b   Wright, J ^a   Almeida, S ^c   Arroyo, L ^v   Frederiksen, T ^d   Grace, J ^a   Higuchi, N ^e   Killeen, T ^f   Laurance, W F ^e,g   Leano C ^d   Lewis, S ^b   Meir, P ^a   Monteagudo, A ⁱ   Neill, D ^j,k   Nunez Vargas P ⁱ   Panfil, S N ^l   Patino S ^h,w   Pitman, N ^m   Quesada, C A ^r   Rudas Ll , A ⁿ   Salomao R ^c   Saleska, S ^o   Silva, N ^p,q   Silveira, M ^r,x   Sombroek, W G ^s   Valencia, R ^t   Vasquez Martinez R ^u   Vieira, I C G ^c   Vinceti, B ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^d Proyecto BOLFOR   (Bolivia)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^f The Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^j Fundacion Jatun Sacha   (Ecuador)

^k MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^o HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p CIFOR   (Brazil)

^q EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^s ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

^t PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^u Jardín Botánico de Missouri Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco   (Peru)

^v Museo Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^w INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^x UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Amazon; Basal area; Carbon; Climate; Long term monitoring; Permanent plot; Soil; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CHANGE; RAINFOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 18644369006     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02068.x     Document Type: Article

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