Regional and seasonal patterns of litterfall in tropical South America

The production of aboveground soft tissue represents an important share of total net primary production in tropical rain forests. Here we draw from a large number of published and unpublished datasets (<i>n</i>=81 sites) to assess the determinants of litterfall variation across South Ame...

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Main Authors: J. Chave, D. Navarrete, S. Almeida, E. Álvarez, L. E. O. C. Aragão, D. Bonal, P. Châtelet, J. E. Silva-Espejo, J.-Y. Goret, P. von Hildebrand, E. Jiménez, S. Patiño, M. C. Peñuela, O. L. Phillips, P. Stevenson, Y. Malhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/7/43/2010/bg-7-43-2010.pdf