Influence of landscape heterogeneity on spatial patterns of wood productivity, wood specific density and above ground biomass in Amazonia

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1883-1902

  Anderson, L O ^a   Malhi, Y ^a   Ladle, R J ^a   Aragao L E O C ^a   Shimabukuro, Y ^b   Phillips, O L ^c   Baker, T ^c   Costa, A C L ^d   Espejo, J S ^e   Higuchi, N ^f   Laurance, W F ^g   Lopez Gonzalez G ^c   Monteagudo, A ^e   Nunez Vargas P ^e   Peacock, J ^c   Quesada, C A ^c,f   Almeida, S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^f Instituto Nacional   (Brazil)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING; WOOD;

AMAZONIA;

HELICONIA;

EID: 73149084195     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-1883-2009     Document Type: Article

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