No evidence that elevated CO2 gives tropical lianas an advantage over tropical trees

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2055-2069

  Marvin, David C ^a,d   Winter, Klaus ^b   Burnham, Robyn J ^a   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Global change; Mixed effects models; Open top chambers; Panama; Seasonal drought; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PANAMA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PANAMA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84927961879     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12820     Document Type: Article

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