The Response of Tropical Rainforest Dead Wood Respiration to Seasonal Drought

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1294-1309

  Rowland, L ^a   Stahl, C ^b   Bonal, D ^c   Siebicke, L ^b   Williams, M ^a   Meir, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

^c LERFoB   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; coarse woody debris; respiration; seasonal drought; soil water content; woody moisture content

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DROUGHT; DRY SEASON; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFOREST; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WET SEASON;

FRENCH GUIANA; PARACOU;

EID: 84885213941     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9684-x     Document Type: Article

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