Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00374
What causes the seasonality of tropical forest photosynthesis?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor YS Malhi, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Williams, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Meir, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Abstract:
- Several studies have recently established that the fluxes of carbon and water from tropical rain forests exhibit strong seasonal and interannual variation. It is not known how much each component of the soil-plant continuum (leaf stomatal conductance, photosynthetic capacity, leaf area index, and plant and soil hydraulics) contributes to this seasonality. We propose to isolate and quantify the components of these physiological responses at our rain forest field site in Eastern Amazonia. Field data will be conducted in two intensive campaigns in the wet and dry season, and will be amalgamated with continuous measurements of eddy fluxes, sap flow and environmental variables. The measurements will be used to calibrate a soil-plant-atmosphere model, which will be used to scale and explore the relative importance of the various biological and abiotic factors.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00374
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £29,273
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £17,921 | £11,352 |
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