The role of gap phase processes in the biomass dynamics of tropical forests

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1627, 2007, Pages 2857-2864

  Feeley, Kenneth J ^a   Davies, Stuart J ^b   Ashton, Peter S ^a   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^c   Nur Supardi, M N ^d   Kassim, Abd Rahman ^d   Tan, Sylvester ^d   Chave, Jérôme ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^d FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Carbon dioxide; Disturbance; Global change; Succession; Tree fall gaps

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PATCH DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; FOREST DYNAMICS; PATCH DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WOOD;

ASIA; BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; GATUN LAKE; HUAI KHA KHAENG; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; NEGERI SEMBILAN; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PASOH FOREST RESERVE; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 35848949581     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0954     Document Type: Article

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