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Drought effects on litterfall, wood production and belowground carbon cycling in an Amazon forest [1]

The Amazon Basin experiences severe droughts that may become more common in the future. Little is known of the effects of such droughts on Amazon forest productivity and carbon allocation. We tested the prediction that severe drought decreases litterfall and wood production but potentially has multiple cancelling effects on belowground production within a 7-year partial throughfall exclusion experiment. We simulated an approximately 35

Publication Date: 
27/05/2008
Daniel C. Nepstad [2], Paulo M. Brando [3], Eric A. Davidson & et al [4]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B [5]
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Amazon [6], Climate Change [7], Climate Impacts [8], Biomass [9], Drought [10], Flora [11], Rainfall Pattern [12]
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