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Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests

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The ecosystem dynamics of Amazonian and Andean forests
David Galbraith, Yadvinder Malhi, Luiz Aragão & Timothy Baker
Pages: 1-6
Published online: 23 Jan 2014
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Ecosystem respiration and net primary productivity after 8–10 years of experimental through-fall reduction in an eastern Amazon forest
Antonio C.L. da Costa, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Chris E. Doughty, Alexandre A.R. de Oliveira, Guilherme F.C. Neto, Mauricio C. da Costa, João de Athaydes Silva Junior, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Samuel Almeida, David R. Galbraith, Lucy M. Rowland, Patrick Meir & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 7-24
Published online: 30 Jul 2013
AbstractforEcosystem respiration and net primary productivity after 8–10 years of experimental through-fall reduction in an eastern Amazon forest | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Ecosystem productivity and carbon cycling in intact and annually burnt forest at the dry southern limit of the Amazon rainforest (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Wanderley Rocha, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Chris E. Doughty, Paulo Brando, Divino Silvério, Kate Halladay, Daniel C. Nepstad, Jennifer K. Balch & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 25-40
Published online: 18 Sep 2013
AbstractforEcosystem productivity and carbon cycling in intact and annually burnt forest at the dry southern limit of the Amazon rainforest (Mato Grosso, Brazil) | Full Text | References | PDF (5.8 MB) | Supplemental
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The production, allocation and cycling of carbon in a forest on fertile terra preta soil in eastern Amazonia compared with a forest on adjacent infertile soil
Christopher E. Doughty, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Mauricio C. da Costa, Alex A.R. de Oliveira, G. F.C. Neto, João A. Silva, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Samuel S. Almeida, Carlos A. Quesada, Cecile A.J. Girardin, Kate Halladay, Anthonio C.L. da Costa & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 41-53
Published online: 30 Jul 2013
AbstractforThe production, allocation and cycling of carbon in a forest on fertile terra preta soil in eastern Amazonia compared with a forest on adjacent infertile soil | Full Text | References | PDF (729.4 KB) | Supplemental
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The productivity, allocation and cycling of carbon in forests at the dry margin of the Amazon forest in Bolivia
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher E. Doughty, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Javier E. Silva-Espejo, Luzmila Arroyo, Juan P. Heredia, Marcio Flores, Rebeca Sibler, Luz M. Mendizabal, Erwin Pardo-Toledo, Meison Vega, Luzmarina Moreno, Victor D. Rojas-Landivar, Kate Halladay, Cecile A.J. Girardin, Timothy J. Killeen & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 55-69
Published online: 18 Sep 2013
AbstractforThe productivity, allocation and cycling of carbon in forests at the dry margin of the Amazon forest in Bolivia | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB) | Supplemental
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The seasonal cycle of productivity, metabolism and carbon dynamics in a wet aseasonal forest in north-west Amazonia (Iquitos, Peru)
Jhon del Aguila-Pasquel, Christopher E. Doughty, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Javier E. Silva-Espejo, Cecile A.J. Girardin, Jack A. Chung Gutierrez, Gilberto E. Navarro-Aguilar, Carlos A. Quesada, Carlos G. Hidalgo, Jose M. Reyna Huaymacari, Kate Halladay, Dennis del Castillo Torres, Oliver Phillips & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 71-83
Published online: 18 Sep 2013
AbstractforThe seasonal cycle of productivity, metabolism and carbon dynamics in a wet aseasonal forest in north-west Amazonia (Iquitos, Peru) | Full Text | References | PDF (902.2 KB) | Supplemental
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The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru
Yadvinder Malhi, Filio Farfán Amézquita, Christopher E. Doughty, Javier E. Silva-Espejo, Cécile A.J. Girardin, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Lidia P. Huaraca-Quispe, Ivonne Alzamora-Taype, Luzmilla Eguiluz-Mora, Toby R. Marthews, Kate Halladay, Carlos A. Quesada, Amanda L. Robertson, Joshua B. Fisher, Joana Zaragoza-Castells, Clara M. Rojas-Villagra, Yulina Pelaez-Tapia, Norma Salinas, Patrick Meir & Oliver L. Phillips
Pages: 85-105
Published online: 16 Sep 2013
AbstractforThe productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru | Full Text | References | PDF (832.3 KB) | Supplemental
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Productivity and carbon allocation in a tropical montane cloud forest in the Peruvian Andes
Cécile A.J. Girardin, Javier E. Silva Espejob, Christopher E. Doughty, Walter Huaraca Huasco, Dan B. Metcalfe, Liliana Durand-Baca, Toby R. Marthews, Luiz E.O.C. Aragao, William Farfán-Rios, Karina García-Cabrera, Katherine Halladay, Joshua B. Fisher, Darcy F. Galiano-Cabrera, Lidia P. Huaraca-Quispe, Ivonne Alzamora-Taype, Luzmila Eguiluz-Mora, Norma Salinas -Revilla, Miles R. Silman, Patrick Meir & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 107-123
Published online: 17 Sep 2013
AbstractforProductivity and carbon allocation in a tropical montane cloud forest in the Peruvian Andes | Full Text | References | PDF (749.8 KB) | Supplemental
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Seasonal production, allocation and cycling of carbon in two mid-elevation tropical montane forest plots in the Peruvian Andes
Walter Huaraca Huasco, Cécile A.J. Girardin, Christopher E. Doughty, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Liliana D. Baca, Javier E. Silva-Espejo, Darcy G. Cabrera, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Angela R. Davila, Toby R. Marthews, Lidia P. Huaraca-Quispe, Ivonne Alzamora-Taype, Luzmila E. Mora, William Farfán-Rios, Karina G. Cabrera, Katherine Halladay, Norma Salinas-Revilla, Miles R. Silman, Patrick Meir & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 125-142
Published online: 16 Sep 2013
AbstractforSeasonal production, allocation and cycling of carbon in two mid-elevation tropical montane forest plots in the Peruvian Andes | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Assessing above-ground woody debris dynamics along a gradient of elevation in Amazonian cloud forests in Peru: balancing above-ground inputs and respiration outputs
Daniel J. Gurdak, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Angela Rozas-Dávila, Walter H. Huasco, Karina G. Cabrera, Chris E. Doughty, William Farfan-Rios, Javier E. Silva-Espejo, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Miles R. Silman & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 143-160
Published online: 18 Sep 2013
AbstractforAssessing above-ground woody debris dynamics along a gradient of elevation in Amazonian cloud forests in Peru: balancing above-ground inputs and respiration outputs | Full Text | References | PDF (833.3 KB)
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Spatial patterns of above-ground structure, biomass and composition in a network of six Andean elevation transects
Cécile A.J. Girardin, William Farfan-Rios, Karina Garcia, Keneth J. Feeley, Peter M. Jørgensen, Alejandro Araujo Murakami, Leslie Cayola Pérez, Renate Seidel, Narel Paniagua, Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, Carla Maldonado, Miles Silman, Norma Salinas, Carlos Reynel, David A. Neill, Martha Serrano, Carlos J. Caballero, María de los Angeles La Torre Cuadros, Maria J. Macía, Timothy J. Killeen & Yadvinder Malhi
Pages: 161-171
Published online: 17 Sep 2013
AbstractforSpatial patterns of above-ground structure, biomass and composition in a network of six Andean elevation transects | Full Text | References | PDF (2 MB)
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Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest nitrogen-cycling characteristics as inferred from plant and soil 15N:14N measurements
Gabriela B. Nardoto, Carlos A. Quesada, Sandra Patiño, Gustavo Saiz, Tim R. Baker, Michael Schwarz, Franziska Schrodt, Ted R. Feldpausch, Tomas F. Domingues, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben-Hur Marimon Junior, Ima C.G. Vieira, Marcos Silveira, Michael I. Bird, Oliver L. Phillips, Jon Lloyd & Luiz A. Martinelli
Pages: 173-187
Published online: 17 Sep 2013
AbstractforBasin-wide variations in Amazon forest nitrogen-cycling characteristics as inferred from plant and soil 15N:14N measurements | Full Text | References | PDF (546.7 KB) | Supplemental
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Seasonal patterns of leaf-level photosynthetic gas exchange in an eastern Amazonian rain forest
Tomas F. Domingues, Luiz A. Martinelli & James R. Ehleringer
Pages: 189-203
Published online: 05 Feb 2013
AbstractforSeasonal patterns of leaf-level photosynthetic gas exchange in an eastern Amazonian rain forest | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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Dissolved organic carbon concentration and its relationship to electrical conductivity in the waters of a stream in a forested Amazonian blackwater catchment
Maria T.F. Monteiro, Sylvia M. Oliveira, Flávio J. Luizão, Luiz A. Cândido, Françoise Y. Ishida & Javier Tomasella
Pages: 205-213
Published online: 16 Sep 2013
AbstractforDissolved organic carbon concentration and its relationship to electrical conductivity in the waters of a stream in a forested Amazonian blackwater catchment | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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Article
Soil physical conditions limit palm and tree basal area in Amazonian forests
Thaise Emilio, Carlos A. Quesada, Flávia R.C. Costa, William E. Magnusson, Juliana Schietti, Ted R. Feldpausch, Roel J.W. Brienen, Timothy R. Baker, Jerome Chave, Estebán Álvarez, Alejandro Araújo, Olaf Bánki, Carolina V. Castilho, Eurídice N. Honorio C.Timothy J. Killeen, Yadvinder Malhi, Erick M. Oblitas Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, David Neill, Germaine Alexander Parada, Antonio Peña-Cruz, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, Michael Schwarz, Marcos Silveira, Hans ter Steege, John W. Terborgh, Raquel Thomas, Armando Torres-Lezama, Emilio Vilanova & Oliver L. Phillips
Pages: 215-229
Published online: 08 Mar 2013
AbstractforSoil physical conditions limit palm and tree basal area in Amazonian forests | Full Text | References | PDF (926.4 KB)
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Diversity, abundance and distribution of lianas of the Cerrado–Amazonian forest transition, Brazil
Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Ted R. Feldpausch, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Jon Lloyd, Eddie Lenza, Leandro Maracahipes, Claudinei Oliveira-Santos & Oliver L. Phillips
Pages: 231-240
Published online: 16 Sep 2013
AbstractforDiversity, abundance and distribution of lianas of the Cerrado–Amazonian forest transition, Brazil | Full Text | References | PDF (266.8 KB) | Supplemental
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Vertical distance from drainage drives floristic composition changes in an Amazonian rainforest
Juliana Schietti, Thaise Emilio, Camilo D. Rennó, Debora P. Drucker, Flávia R.C. Costa, Anselmo Nogueira, Fabricio B. Baccaro, Fernando Figueiredo, Carolina V. Castilho, Valdely Kinupp, Jean-Louis Guillaumet, Ana Raquel M. Garcia, Albertina P. Lima & William E. Magnusson
Pages: 241-253
Published online: 24 Apr 2013
AbstractforVertical distance from drainage drives floristic composition changes in an Amazonian rainforest | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB) | Supplemental
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Herbivory and habitat association of tree seedlings in lowland evergreen rainforest on white-sand and terra-firme in the upper Rio Negro
Juliana Stropp, Peter van der Sleen, Carlos A. Quesada & Hans ter Steege
Pages: 255-265
Published online: 14 Apr 2013
AbstractforHerbivory and habitat association of tree seedlings in lowland evergreen rainforest on white-sand and terra-firme in the upper Rio Negro | Full Text | References | PDF (262 KB) | Supplemental
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Shifting dynamics of climate-functional groups in old-growth Amazonian forests
Nathalie Butt, Yadvinder Malhi, Mark New, Manuel J. Macía, Simon L. Lewis, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, William F. Laurance, Susan Laurance, Regina Luizão, Ana Andrade, Timothy R. Baker, Samuel Almeida & Oliver L. Phillips
Pages: 267-279
Published online: 02 Oct 2012
AbstractforShifting dynamics of climate-functional groups in old-growth Amazonian forests | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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Disequilibrium and hyperdynamic tree turnover at the forest–cerrado transition zone in southern Amazonia
Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Ted R. Feldpausch, Claudinei Oliveira-Santos, Henrique A. Mews, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Jon Lloyd, Daniel D. Franczak, Edmar A. de Oliveira, Leandro Maracahipes, Aline Miguel, Eddie Lenza & Oliver L. Phillips
Pages: 281-292
Published online: 16 Sep 2013
AbstractforDisequilibrium and hyperdynamic tree turnover at the forest–cerrado transition zone in southern Amazonia | Full Text | References | PDF (413.8 KB)
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Marcelo T. Nascimento, Lidiany C. da Silva Carvalho, Reinaldo I. Barbosa & Dora M. Villela
Pages: 293-303
Published online: 15 Mar 2013
AbstractforVariation in floristic composition, demography and above-ground biomass over a 20-year period in an Amazonian monodominant forest | Full Text | References | PDF (3.5 MB)
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Pages: 305-318
Published online: 29 Jul 2013
AbstractforGap formation and carbon cycling in the Brazilian Amazon: measurement using high-resolution optical remote sensing and studies in large forest plots | Full Text | References | PDF (23.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Fire disturbance in Amazonian blackwater floodplain forests
Bernardo M. Flores, Maria-Teresa F. Piedade & Bruce W. Nelson
Pages: 319-327
Published online: 28 Sep 2012
AbstractforFire disturbance in Amazonian blackwater floodplain forests | Full Text | References | PDF (2.6 MB)
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Pages: 329-340
Published online: 16 Sep 2013
AbstractforChanges in forest structure and composition after fire in tropical montane cloud forests near the Andean treeline | Full Text | References | PDF (451.9 KB) | Supplemental
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Convergence and divergence in alternative successional pathways in Central Amazonia
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Pages: 341-348
Published online: 06 Nov 2012
AbstractforConvergence and divergence in alternative successional pathways in Central Amazonia | Full Text | References | PDF (405.2 KB)
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Pages: 349-358
Published online: 10 Oct 2012
AbstractforAge and light effects on seedling growth in two alternative secondary successions in central Amazonia | Full Text | References | PDF (475.4 KB)
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Pages: 359-369
Published online: 04 Mar 2013
AbstractforInvasion of Acacia mangium in Amazonian savannas following planting for forestry | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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Pages: 371-382
Published online: 11 Feb 2013
AbstractforSeed and fruit tradeoffs – the economics of seed packaging in Amazon pioneers | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Pages: 383-388
Published online: 15 Mar 2013
AbstractforExpanding the coverage of plant trait databases – A comparison of specific leaf area derived from fresh and dried leaves | Full Text | References | PDF (182.7 KB)
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