Low stocks of coarse woody debris in a southwest Amazonian forest

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-504

  Baker, Timothy R ^a,b   Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N ^c   Phillips, Oliver L ^a   Martin, Jim ^d   Van Der Heijden, Geertje M F ^a   Garcia, Michael ^e   Silva Espejo, Javier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

^d Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Decomposition rate; Net flux; Permanent plot; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERU; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; GEOGRAPHY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERU; TREES;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248676031     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0667-5     Document Type: Article

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