Seasonal carbon dynamics and water fluxes in an Amazon rainforest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1322-1334

  Kim, Yeonjoo ^a,b   Knox, Ryan G ^c   Longo, Marcos ^a   Medvigy, David ^d   Hutyra, Lucy R ^e   Pyle, Elizabeth H ^a   Wofsy, Steven C ^a   Bras, Rafael L ^f   Moorcroft, Paul R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecosystem model; Evapotranspiration; Light controlled phenology; Net ecosystem productivity; Root water uptake; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CANOPY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE FORCING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 84862827279     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02629.x     Document Type: Article

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