Carbon balance of a primary tropical seasonal rain forest

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Tan, Zhenghong ^a,b   Zhang, Yiping ^a,c,d   Yu, Guirui ^e   Sha, Liqing ^a,c,d   Tang, Jianwei ^a   Deng, Xiaobao ^a,c,d   Song, Qinghai ^a,c  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d National Forest Ecosystem Research Station at Xishuangbanna   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; FORESTRY; RAIN; TROPICS;

A-CARBON; ANNUAL GROWTH RATE; BIOMETRIC METHODS; CARBON ALLOCATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON SINK; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; LEAF RESPIRATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; SITE-SPECIFIC; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICAL SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; USE EFFICIENCY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMETRY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SINK; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 77955985409     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012913     Document Type: Article

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