Residence times of woody biomass in tropical forests

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-157

  Galbraith, David ^a,b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^b   Affum Baffoe, Kofi ^f   Castanho, Andrea D A ^c   Doughty, Christopher E ^b   Fisher, Rosie A ⁱ   Lewis, Simon L ^a,g   Peh, Kelvin S H ^a,e   Phillips, Oliver L ^a   Quesada, Carlos A ^d   Sonké, Bonaventure ^h   Lloyd, Jon ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Resource Management Support Centre   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

biomass; dynamic vegetation models DVGMs; ecosystem models; residence time; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876330852     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.770578     Document Type: Review

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