Stem respiration in tropical forests along an elevation gradient in the Amazon and Andes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3193-3204

  Robertson, Amanda L ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^b   Farfan Amezquita, Filio ^c   Aragão, Luiz Eduardo O C ^b   Silva Espejo, Javier Eduardo ^c   Robertson, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Amazon; Autotrophic respiration; Carbon cycle; CO2 efflux; Stem area index; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; STEM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AMAZONIA; ANDES;

EID: 78349295291     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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