The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 85-105

  Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Farfán Amézquita, Filio ^b   Doughty, Christopher E ^a   Silva Espejo, Javier E ^b   Girardin, Cécile A J ^a   Metcalfe, Daniel B ^c   Aragão, Luiz E O C ^d   Huaraca Quispe, Lidia P ^b   Alzamora Taype, Ivonne ^b   Eguiluz Mora, Luzmilla ^b   Marthews, Toby R ^a   Halladay, Kate ^a   Quesada, Carlos A ^e   Robertson, Amanda L ^f   Fisher, Joshua B ^g   Zaragoza Castells, Joana ^h   Rojas Villagra, Clara M ^b   Pelaez Tapia, Yulina ^b   Salinas, Norma ^a,b   Meir, Patrick ^h,i   Phillips, Oliver L ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

allocation; GPP; herbivory; NPP; phenology; seasonality; soil respiration; stem respiration; tropical forests; western Amazonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895060992     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.820805     Document Type: Article

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