Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

Alberto Quesada, Carlos; L. Phillips, Oliver; P. Schwarz, Michael; I. Czimczik, C.; R. Baker, Timothy; Patiño, S.; M. Fyllas, Nikolaos; G. Hodnett, M.; Herrera, Rafael; Almeida, S.; Alvarez Dávila, E.; Arneth, Almut; Arroyo, Luzmila; Chao, Kuo‐Jung; Dezzeo, Nelda; Erwin, T.; Di Fiore, Anthony; Higuchi, Níro; N. Honorio Coronado, Eurídice; Jiménez, E.; J. Killeen, Timothy; Torres Lezama, A.; Lloyd, G.; López‐González, Gabriela; J. Luizão, Flávio; Malhi, Yadvinder; Monteagudo, Abel; Neill, David; Núñez Vargas, Percy; Paiva, R.; Peacock, J.; C. Peñuela, M.; Peña Cruz, Antonio; C. A. Pitman, Nigel; Priante Filho, Nicolau; Prieto, Adriana; Ramírez, Hirma; Rudas, Agustín; P. Salomão, Rafael; J. B. Santos, A.; Schmerler, J.; Silva, N.; Silveira, Marcos; Vásquez, Rodolfo; Célia Guimarães Vieira, Ima; Terborgh, John; Lloyd, Jon

doi:10.5194/bg-9-2203-2012

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Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

Published in Biogeosciences • Jun 22, 2012

Authors:

Carlos Alberto Quesada

Oliver L. Phillips

Michael P. Schwarz

Abstract

Abstract. 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...

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Environmental science

Soil fertility

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