Predicting gross primary productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 882-894

  Williams, Mathew ^a   Rastetter, Edward B ^a   Fernandes, David N ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^b   Shaver, Gaius R ^a   Johnson, Loretta C ^a,c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy model; Carbon cycle; Ecosystem models; Gross primary productivity; Harvard Forest; Leaf area index; Model validation; OTTER project; Toolik Lake

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

MODELLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, HARVARD FOREST;

EID: 0030613976     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0882:PGPPIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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