Net aerial primary production (NAPP) of the marsh macrophyte Scirpus maritimus estimated by a combination of destructive and non-destructive sampling methods

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-108

  De Leeuw, J ^a,b   Wielemaker, A ^a   De Munck, W ^a   Herman, P M J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aboveground production; Accuracy; Methodology; Phenometric techniques; Precision; Salt marsh; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

MARSH; NET AERIAL PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING;

SCIRPUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0029730990     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00044892     Document Type: Article

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