Net primary productivity allocation and cycling of carbon along a tropical forest elevational transect in the Peruvian Andes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3176-3192

  Girardin, C A J ^a   Malhi, Y ^a   Aragao L E O C ^a,b   Mamani, M ^c   Huaraca Huasco, W ^c   Durand, L ^c   Feeley, K J ^d,e   Rapp, J ^d   Silva Espejo, J E ^c   Silman, M ^d   Salinas, N ^a,c   Whittaker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Andes; Carbon; Carbon stocks; Ecophysiology; Elevational gradient; Net primary productivity; Residence time; Soil water content; Temperature; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MONTANE FOREST; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; PERU;

EID: 78149419126     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02235.x     Document Type: Article

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