Impact of two different types of El Niño events on the Amazon climate and ecosystem productivity

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 91-99

  Li, Wenhong ^a   Zhang, Pengfei ^b   Ye, Jiansheng ^c   Li, Laifang ^a   Baker, Paul A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amazon carbon sequestration; Amazon climate; Amazon ecosystem; CP El Ni o; EP El Ni o

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952650967     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtq039     Document Type: Article

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