The fate of assimilated carbon during drought: Impacts on respiration in Amazon rainforests

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1498, 2008, Pages 1849-1855

  Meir, P ^a   Metcalfe, D B ^b   Costa, A C L ^c   Fisher, R A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Leaf; Net ecosystem exchange; Respiration; Soil; Woody tissue

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; EL NINO; FIRE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MORTALITY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; WOODY PLANT;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41649094550     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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