Do species traits determine patterns of wood production in Amazonian forests?

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-307

  Baker, T R ^a   Phillips, O L ^a   Laurance, W F ^b   Pitman, N C A ^c   Almeida, S ^d   Arroyo, L ^e   DiFiore, A ^f   Erwin, T ^g   Higuchi, N ^h   Killeen, T J ⁱ   Laurance, S G ^b   Nascimento, H ^j   Monteagudo, A ^k   Neill, D A ^l   Silva, J N M ^m,n   Malhi, Y ^o   Lopez Gonzalez G ^a   Peacock, J ^a   Quesada, C A ^a   Lewis, S L ^a   Lloyd, J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^e Museo Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

ⁱ Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^j Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project   (Brazil)

^k Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa HOXA de la estación Biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missouri   (Peru)

^l MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^m Center for International Forestry Research   (Brazil)

ⁿ EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPECIES CONCEPT; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 70449391305     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-297-2009     Document Type: Article

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