Changes in a tropical forest support metabolic zero-sum dynamics

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 507-515

  Ernest, S K Morgan ^a   White, Ethan P ^a,b   Brown, James H ^c,d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Metabolic ecology; Neutral theory; Tropical forests; Zero sum dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; METABOLISM; RESOURCE USE; SIZE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PANAMA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PANAMA CANAL ZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 65649127535     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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