Trait-based scaling of temperature-dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1074-1086

  Slot, Martijn ^a,b   Rey Sánchez, Camilo ^b,c   Winter, Klaus ^b   Kitajima, Kaoru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Climate change; Gas exchange; Leaf functional traits; NPP; Panama; Q10; Temperature response of respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908293085     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12263     Document Type: Article

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