Synthesis and analysis of biomass and net primary productivity in Chinese forests

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 351-384

  Ni, Jian ^a,b,d   Zhang, Xin Shi ^a   Scurlock, Jonathan M O ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass measurement; Chinese forests; Environmental factors; Estimate and comparison of net primary productivity; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001120371     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2001131     Document Type: Article

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