Regional ecosystem structure and function: ecological insights from remote sensing of tropical forests

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 414-423

  Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Morton, Douglas C ^c   Anderson, Liana O ^d   Saatchi, Sassan S ^e   Espírito Santo, Fernando D B ^f   Palace, Michael ^f   Souza Jr , Carlos ^g  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Climate Change Research Center   (United States)

^g Instituto Do Homem e Ambiente da Amazônia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON BALANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34447327561     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.05.001     Document Type: Review

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