New insights into mechanisms driving carbon allocation in tropical forests

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 137-146

  Hofhansl, Florian ^a   Schnecker, Jörg ^a   Singer, Gabriel ^b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy production; Carbon allocation; Environmental controls; Net primary production; Root production; Tropical rainforest; Wood production

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN;

GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RAIN FOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNCERTAINTY; WOOD;

CARBON; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; UNCERTAINTY; WOOD;

EID: 84911893628     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13007     Document Type: Article

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