Source and sink carbon dynamics and carbon allocation in the Amazon basin

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 645-655

  Doughty, Christopher E ^a   Metcalfe, D B ^b   Girardin, C A J ^a   Amezquita, F F ^c   Durand, L ^c   Huaraca Huasco, W ^c   Silva Espejo, J E ^c   Araujo Murakami, A ^d   Da Costa, M C ^e   Da Costa, A C L ^e   Rocha, W ^f   Meir, P ^g,h   Galbraith, D ⁱ   Malhi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

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

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^f Amazon Environmental Research Institute   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autotrophic respiration; GPP; NPP; PCE; tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 85027925731     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005028     Document Type: Article

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