Respiration from a tropical forest ecosystem: Partitioning of sources and low carbon use efficiency

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^a,b,d   Tribuzy, Edgard S ^b   Toledo, Ligia C ^b   Crispim, Bianca F ^b   Higuchi, Niro ^b   Dos Santos, Joaquim ^b   Araújo, Alessandro C ^b   Kruijt, Bart ^c   Nobre, Antonio D ^b   Trumbore, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Ecosystem model; Forest dynamics; Global carbon cycle; Net ecosystem exchange; NPP GPP ratio; Rainforest; Respiration; Respiration photosynthesis ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RESPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4444299908     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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