Seasonal leaf dynamics in an Amazonian tropical forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1161-1165

  Malhado, Ana C M ^a   Costa, Marcos H ^a   de Lima, Francisca Z ^a   Portilho, Kleber C ^b   Figueiredo, Daniel N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b LBA ECO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Leaf area index; Leaf biomass; Leaf growth rate; Leaf mortality; Leaf residence time

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF BIOMASS; LEAF GROWTH RATE; LEAF MORTALITY; LEAF RESIDENCE TIME;

BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FEEDBACK; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORESTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIEBACK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHYTOMASS; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; LEAVES; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; PLANTS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BELTERRA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68949154461     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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