Tree growth variation in the tropical forest: Understanding effects of temperature, rainfall and CO2

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2749-2761

  Schippers, Peter ^a   Sterck, Frank ^a   Vlam, Mart ^a   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CO 2; NPP; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Pathway; Photosynthesis; Precipitation; Temperature; Transpiration; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST;

MELIACEAE; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 84931008941     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12877     Document Type: Article

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