Shifting dynamics of climate-functional groups in old-growth Amazonian forests

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 267-279

  Butt, Nathalie ^a,g   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   New, Mark ^a,h,i   Macía, Manuel J ^b   Lewis, Simon L ^c,d   Lopez Gonzalez, Gabriela ^c   Laurance, William F ^e   Laurance, Susan ^e   Luizão, Regina ^f   Andrade, Ana ^f   Baker, Timothy R ^c   Almeida, Samuel ^j   Phillips, Oliver L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h African Climate and Development Initiative   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

climate trends; forest composition; moisture affiliation; moisture seasonality; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893266103     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.715210     Document Type: Article

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