Simulating forest productivity along a neotropical elevational transect: Temperature variation and carbon use efficiency

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2882-2898

  Marthews, Toby R ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Girardin, Cécile A J ^a   Silva Espejo, Javier E ^b   Aragão, Luiz E O C ^c   Metcalfe, Daniel B ^d   Rapp, Joshua M ^e   Mercado, Lina M ^c,f   Fisher, Rosie A ^g   Galbraith, David R ^a   Fisher, Joshua B ^h   Salinas Revilla, Norma ^a,b   Friend, Andrew D ⁱ   Restrepo Coupe, Natalia ^j   Williams, Richard J ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Brazil; Field measurements; JULES model; Maintenance respiration; Peru; Tropical forest production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MODELING; MONTANE FOREST; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; BRAZIL; PERU;

EID: 84864586469     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02728.x     Document Type: Article

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