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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Main Authors: Matthew O Jones, John S Kimball, Ramakrishna R Nemani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/124021