Variation in foliar respiration and wood CO2 efflux rates among species and canopy layers in a wet tropical forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 148-159

  Asao, Shinichi ^a   Bedoya Arrieta, Ricardo ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^a,c  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic respiration; Carbon fluxes and pools; Ecophysiology; Leaf dry mass per area; Photosynthesis; Rainforest; Vertical gradient

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE AREA; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CELL RESPIRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; FORESTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 84937544793     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu107     Document Type: Article

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