Field-quantified responses of tropical rainforest aboveground productivity to increasing CO2 and climatic stress, 1997-2009

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 783-794

  Clark, Deborah A ^a   Clark, David B ^a   Oberbauer, Steven F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; CO2 fertilization; global carbon cycle; La Selva; net primary productivity; tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOME; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LITTERFALL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

EID: 84880171204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20067     Document Type: Article

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