The carbon balance of South America: A review of the status, decadal trends and main determinants

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5407-5430

  Gloor, M ^a   Gatti, L ^b   Brienen, R ^a   Feldpausch, T R ^a   Phillips, O L ^a   Miller, J ^c   Ometto, J P ^d   Rocha, H ^e   Baker, T ^a   De Jong, B ^q   Houghton, R A ^g   Malhi, Y ^f   C Aragao L E O ^h   Guyot, J L ⁱ   Zhao, K ^j   Jackson, R ^j   Peylin, P ^k   Sitch, S ^h   Poulter, B ^l   Lomas, M ^m   Zaehle, S ⁿ   Huntingford, C ^o   Levy, P ^o   Lloyd, J ^a,p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IRD   (Brazil)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CEA SACLAY   (France)

^l LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^o CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^p JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOSPHERE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; DOMINANCE; DRY SEASON; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUEL; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL REGION;

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EID: 84871769145     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-5407-2012     Document Type: Review

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