The response of an Eastern Amazonian rain forest to drought stress: Results and modelling analyses from a throughfall exclusion experiment

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2361-2378

  Fisher, Rosie A ^a,f   Williams, M ^a   da Costa, A Lola ^b   Malhi, Y ^c   da Costa, R F ^d   Almeida, S ^e   Meir, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^e MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Drought; Hydraulic conductivity; Rain forest; Sap flow; Soil water; SPA model; Stomatal conductance; Throughfall exclusion; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAINFOREST; SAP FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THROUGHFALL; WATER RELATIONS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34948870315     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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