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Title: Tropical rainforest carbon sink declines during El Niño as a result of reduced photosynthesis and increased respiration rates

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton MI 49931 USA
  2. School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton MI 49931 USA, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, 56 College Rd Durham NH 03824 USA
  3. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523 USA, Emeritus, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 240 West Prospect Rd Fort Collins CO 80526 USA
  4. Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
  5. Battelle-National Ecological Observatory Network, 1685 38th Street Suite 100 Boulder CO 80301 USA, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (InstAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder CO 80301 USA
  6. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33199 USA, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 11935 Old Cutler Road Miami FL 33156 USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1374923
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012000; IBN-9652699; NSF-DEB-0955771
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
New Phytologist
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: New Phytologist; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Cavaleri, Molly A., Coble, Adam P., Ryan, Michael G., Bauerle, William L., Loescher, Henry W., and Oberbauer, Steven F. Tropical rainforest carbon sink declines during El Niño as a result of reduced photosynthesis and increased respiration rates. United Kingdom: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1111/nph.14724.
Cavaleri, Molly A., Coble, Adam P., Ryan, Michael G., Bauerle, William L., Loescher, Henry W., & Oberbauer, Steven F. Tropical rainforest carbon sink declines during El Niño as a result of reduced photosynthesis and increased respiration rates. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14724
Cavaleri, Molly A., Coble, Adam P., Ryan, Michael G., Bauerle, William L., Loescher, Henry W., and Oberbauer, Steven F. Mon . "Tropical rainforest carbon sink declines during El Niño as a result of reduced photosynthesis and increased respiration rates". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14724.
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