Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fauset, Sophie ^a,bb   Johnson, Michelle O ^a   Gloor, Manuel ^a   Baker, Timothy R ^a   Monteagudo M , Abel ^b,c   Brienen, Roel J W ^a   Feldpausch, Ted R ^d   Lopez Gonzalez, Gabriela ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^e   Ter Steege, Hans ^f,g   Pitman, Nigel C A ^h,i   Baraloto, Christopher ^j,k   Engel, Julien ^l   Pétronelli, Pascal ^j   Andrade, Ana ^m   Camargo, José Luís C ^m   Laurance, Susan G W ⁿ   Laurance, William F ⁿ   Chave, Jerôme ^o   Allie, Elodie ^j   Vargas, Percy Núñez ^c   Terborgh, John W ⁱ   Ruokolainen, Kalle ^p   Silveira, Marcos ^q   Aymard C , Gerardo A ^r   Arroyo, Luzmila ^s   Bonal, Damien ^t   Ramirez Angulo, Hirma ^u   Araujo Murakami, Alejandro ^s   Neill, David ^v   Hérault, Bruno ^j   Dourdain, Aurélie ^j   Torres Lezama, Armando ^u   Marimon, Beatriz S ^w   Salomão, Rafael P ^x   Comiskey, James A ^y   Réjou Méchain, Maxime ^o   Toledo, Marisol ^z,aa   Licona, Juan Carlos ^z   Alarcón, Alfredo ^z   Prieto, Adriana ^ab   Rudas, Agustín ^ab   Van Der Meer, Peter J ^ac,ad   Killeen, Timothy J ^ae   Marimon Junior, Ben Hur ^w   Poorter, Lourens ^ac   Boot, Rene G A ^g,af   Stergios, Basil ^r   Torre, Emilio Vilanova ^u   Costa, Flávia R C ^m   Levis, Carolina ^m   Schietti, Juliana ^m   Souza, Priscila ^m   Groot, Nikée ^a   Arets, Eric ^ac   Moscoso, Victor Chama ^c   Castro, Wendeson ^q   Coronado, Euridice N Honorio ^ag   Peña Claros, Marielos ^z,ac   Stahl, Clement ^j,ah   Barroso, Jorcely ^q   Talbot, Joey ^a   Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães ^x   Van Der Heijden, Geertje ^ai,aj   Thomas, Raquel ^ak   Vos, Vincent A ^al,am   Almeida, Everton C ^an   Davila, Esteban Álvarez ^b   Aragão, Luiz E O C ^d,ao   Erwin, Terry L ^ap   Morandi, Paulo S ^w   De Oliveira, Edmar Almeida ^w   Valadão, Marco B X ^w   Zagt, Roderick J ^af   Van Der Hout, Peter ^aq   Loayza, Patricia Alvarez ⁱ   Pipoly, John J ^ar   Wang, Ophelia ^as   Alexiades, Miguel ^at   Cerón, Carlos E ^au   Huamantupa Chuquimaco, Isau ^c   Di Fiore, Anthony ^av   Peacock, Julie ^a   Camacho, Nadir C Pallqui ^c   Umetsu, Ricardo K ^w   De Camargo, Plínio Barbosa ^aw   Burnham, Robyn J ^ax   Herrera, Rafael ^ay,az   Quesada, Carlos A ^m   Stropp, Juliana ^ba   Vieira, Simone A ^bb   Steininger, Marc ^bc   Rodríguez, Carlos Reynel ^bd   Restrepo, Zorayda ^b   Muelbert, Adriane Esquivel ^a   Lewis, Simon L ^a,be   Pickavance, Georgia C ^a   Phillips, Oliver L ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Jardn Botanico DeMissouri Prolongacion Bolognesi Mze ^*  (Colombia)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Campus Agronomique   (France)

^k FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l CNRS   (France)

^m INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

ⁿ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^q UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^r Herbario Universitario (PORT)   (Venezuela)

^s Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^t CEMAGREF   (France)

^u FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^v UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL AMAZÓNICA   (Ecuador)

^w UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^x MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^y NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^z Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^aa Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^ab UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^ac WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ad VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^ae WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^af Tropenbos International   (Netherlands)

^ag INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^ah French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^aj SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^ak Iwokrama International Centre for Rain   (Guyana)

^al Universidad Autónama Del Beni Campus Universitario   (Bolivia)

^am Centro de Investigación y Promoción Del Campesinado Norte Amazanico C Nicanor Gonzalo Salvatierra Nu 362   (Bolivia)

^an UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^ao INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^ap SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^aq Van der Hout Forestry Consulting   (Netherlands)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^as NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^at UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^au UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^av UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^ay INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^az UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^ba JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^bc Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^bd UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^be UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON STORAGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; TREE; WOOD;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84928901690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7857     Document Type: Article

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