Necromass production: Studies in undisturbed and logged Amazon forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 873-884

  Palace, Michael ^a   Keller, Michael ^a,b,c   Silva, Hudson ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Coarse woody debris; Dead wood; Decay; Decomposition; Mortality; Necromass; Reduced impact logging; Standing dead; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; MORTALITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

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

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; FORESTRY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; FORESTRY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 50549102470     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2022.1     Document Type: Article

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