Tropical forests in a warming world

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-29

  Reed, Sasha C ^a   Wood, Tana E ^b,c   Cavaleri, Molly A ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Climate change; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Rising temperature; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 82955187094     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03985.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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