Seasonal leaf dynamics for tropical evergreen forests in a process-based global ecosystem model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1091-1108

  De Weirdt, M ^a   Verbeeck, H ^a   Maignan, F ^b   Peylin, P ^b,c   Poulter, B ^b   Bonal, D ^d,e   Ciais, P ^b   Steppe, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d Campus Agronomique   (France)

^e LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAF; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; FRENCH GUIANA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84866526478     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-1091-2012     Document Type: Article

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