Modeling the carbon balance of Amazonian rain forests: Resolving ecological controls on net ecosystem productivity

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-463

  Grant, R F ^a   Hutyra, L R ^b,f   De Oliveira, R C ^c   Munger, J W ^b,d   Saleska, S R ^e   Wofsy, S C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; CO2 exchange; Disturbance; Ecosys; Ecosystem modeling; Net ecosystem productivity; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY FLUX; MORTALITY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OXISOL; RAINFOREST; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER;

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

EID: 68149141752     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0074.1     Document Type: Article

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