Amazon forest response to repeated droughts

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 964-982

  Feldpausch, T R ^a   Phillips, O L ^b   Brienen, R J W ^b   Gloor, E ^b   Lloyd, J ^c,d   Lopez Gonzalez, G ^b   Monteagudo Mendoza, A ^e   Malhi, Y ^f   Alarcon A ^g   Alvarez Davila E ^h   Alvarez Loayza, P ⁱ   Andrade, A ^j   Aragao, L E O C ^a,k   Arroyo, L ^l   Aymard C , G A ^m   Baker, T R ^b   Baraloto, C ^n,o   Barroso, J ^p   Bonal, D ^q   Castro, W ^r   Chama, V ^e   Chave, J ^s   Domingues, T F ^t   Fauset, S ^b   Groot, N ^b   Honorio Coronado, E ^b   Laurance, S ^d   Laurance, W F ^d   Lewis, S L ^b,u   Licona, J C ^g   Marimon, B S ^v   Marimon Junior, B H ^v   Mendoza Bautista, C ^w   Neill, D A ^x   Oliveira, E A ^v   Oliveira dos Santos, C ^v   Pallqui Camacho, N C ^e   Pardo Molina, G ^y   Prieto, A ^z   Quesada, C A ^j   Ramirez F ^aa   Ramirez Angulo H ^ab   Rejou Mechain M ^s   Rudas, A ^z   Saiz, G ^ac   Salomao R P ^ad   Silva Espejo, J E ^e   Silveira, M ^p   ter Steege, H ^ae   Stropp, J ^af   Terborgh, J ⁱ   Thomas Caesar, R ^ag   van der Heijden, G M F ^ah   Vasquez Martinez R ^ai   Vilanova, E ^aj   Vos, V A ^ak,al   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^h Grupo de Servicios Ecosistemicos Y Cambio Climático   (Colombia)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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

^m Herbario Universitario (PORT)   (Venezuela)

ⁿ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Campus Agronomique   (France)

^p UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^q LERFoB   (France)

^r University of Acre   (Brazil)

^s UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^u UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^w Manejo Forestal en las Tierras Tropicales de Bolivia ^*  (Bolivia)

^x UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL AMAZÓNICA   (Ecuador)

^y Univ Autónoma del Beni Riberalta   (Bolivia)

^z UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^aa UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^ab FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^ac KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^ad MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^ae NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^af FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^ag Iwokrama International Centre for Rain   (Guyana)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^ai Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa HOXA de la estación Biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missouri   (Peru)

^aj UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^ak Centro de Investigación de Recursos Aquáticos CIRA   (Bolivia)

^al Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado Norte Amazónico   (Bolivia)

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Author keywords

carbon; forest productivity; precipitation; tree mortality; vegetation dynamics; water deficit

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DROUGHT; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONIA;

EID: 84978081640     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005133     Document Type: Article

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