Response of an old-growth tropical rainforest to transient high temperature and drought

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3423-3434

  Silva, Carlos E ^a   Kellner, James R ^a   Clark, David B ^b   Clark, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Costa Rica; Drought; Global change; La Selva; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RAINFOREST; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; COSTA RICA; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LA SELVA; RAIN FOREST; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CANOPY; COSTA RICA; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; LA SELVA; RAINFOREST;

COSTA RICA; DROUGHTS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84885418137     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12312     Document Type: Article

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