Estimates of species- and ecosystem-level respiration of woody stems along an elevational gradient in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 216, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 253-264

  Harris, Nancy L ^a   Hall, Charles A S ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecosystem; Gas exchange; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Model; Scaling

Indexed keywords

PUERTO RICO;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA SCHREBERIANA; COLUMBA; MICROPHOLIS GARCINIIFOLIA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA RIGIDA;

EID: 47249153869     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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