Rowland, LStahl, CBonal, DSiebicke, LWilliams, MathewMeir, Patrick2015-12-131432-9840http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77793Coarse woody debris (CWD, dead wood sections ≥10 cm diameter) represents a large store of carbon in tropical forests; however, estimates of the flux of carbon from CWD in these forests remain poorly constrained. The objective of this study was to resolvKeywords: coarse woody debris; dead wood; drought; dry season; moisture content; rainforest; soil respiration; soil water; water content; wet season; French Guiana; Paracou Amazon rainforest; coarse woody debris; respiration; seasonal drought; soil water content; woody moisture content201310.1007/s10021-013-9684-x2016-02-24