Dissecting biomass dynamics in a large amazonian forest plot

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 473-482

  Valencia, Renato ^a   Condit, Richard ^b   Muller Landau, Helene C ^b   Hernandez, Consuelo ^a   Navarrete, Hugo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biomass dynamics; Climate change; Ecuador; Growth; Tropical trees; Yasuni national park

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; MORTALITY; SECONDARY FOREST;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; NAPO [ECUADOR]; SOUTH AMERICA; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 69749123036     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990095     Document Type: Article

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