Asynchronous Amazon forest canopy phenology indicates adaptation to both water and light availability
Amazon forests represent nearly half of all tropical vegetation biomass and, through photosynthesis and respiration, annually process more than twice the amount of estimated carbon (CO _2 ) from fossil fuel emissions. Yet the seasonality of Amazon canopy cover, and the extent to which seasonal fluct...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2014-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/124021 |