High sensitivity of a tropical rainforest to water variability: Evidence from 10 years of inventory and eddy flux data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9393-9400

  Tan, Zheng Hong ^a,b   Cao, Min ^a   Yu, Gui Rui ^c   Tang, Jian Wei ^a   Deng, Xiao Bao ^a   Song, Qing Hai ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Liu, Wen Jie ^a   Feng, Zhi Li ^a   Deng, Yun ^a   Zhang, Jiao Lin ^a   Liang, Naishen ^b   Zhang, Yi Ping ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CANOPY PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; GROWTH HYPOTHESIS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MORTALITY RATE; POTENTIAL FATE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EDDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84885097976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50675     Document Type: Article

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