Patterns of wood carbon dioxide efflux across a 2,000-m elevation transect in an Andean moist forest

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-137

  Zach, Alexandra ^a   Horna, Viviana ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Zimmermann, Reiner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Coarse root respiration; Ecuador; Stem respiration; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; RESPIRATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE EFFECT; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; ECUADOR; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECUADOR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 77949775109     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1438-2     Document Type: Article

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