Forest response to increased disturbance in the central Amazon and comparison to western Amazonian forests

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 5773-5794

  Holm, J A ^a   Chambers, J Q ^a,b   Collins, W D ^a,b   Higuchi, N ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Departamento de Silvicultura Tropical Manejo Florestal Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAP DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84908112440     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-5773-2014     Document Type: Article

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