Self-organization of tropical seasonal rain forest in southwest China

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2812-2816

  Lin, Hua ^a   Cao, Min ^a   Zhang, Yiping ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Energy capture; Energy dissipation; Self organization; Thermodynamics; Tropical seasonal rain forest

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRY SEASONS; ENERGY CAPTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION ABILITY; ENERGY LOSS; ESTIMATION SYSTEMS; FIGURES OF MERITS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; RAINY SEASONS; REFLECTION LOSS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SPECIES RICHNESS; THERMAL RESPONSE; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL SEASONAL RAIN FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; FORESTRY; RAIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

TROPICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CANOPY; DATA SET; DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATION BALANCE; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DISSIPATION FACTOR; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; FORESTS; PRECIPITATION; RADIATION; RAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

CHINA;

EID: 79959661058     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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