Carbon balance and vegetation dynamics in an old-growth Amazonian forest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Rice, Amy H ^a   Pyle, Elizabeth Hammond ^a   Saleska, Scott R ^a   Hutyra, Lucy ^a   Palace, Michael ^b   Keller, Michael ^b   De Camargo, Plínio B ^c   Portilho, Kleber ^d,f   Marques, Dulcyana F ^e,f   Wofsy, Steven C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e Faculdades Integradas do Tapajos   (Brazil)

^f Projeto LBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biometry; Carbon balance; Carbon release; Carbon sequestration; Coarse woody debris; El Ni o; LBA; Mortality; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; EL NINO; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 4344717205     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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