Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate
Forest structure and dynamics vary across the Amazon Basin in an east-west gradient coincident with variations in soil fertility and geology. This has resulted in the hypothesis that soil fertility may play an important role in explaining Basin-wide variations in forest biomass, growth and stem turn...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-06-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/2203/2012/bg-9-2203-2012.pdf |