Estimating net primary production from measurements made on soil organic matter

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2762-2773

  Jenkinson, D S ^a,b   Meredith, J ^a   Kinyamario, J I ^c   Warren, G P ^a   Wong, M T F ^a,d   Harkness, D D ^e   Bol, R ^e,f   Coleman, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Miombo woodland, Zambia; Nairobi National Park, Kenya; Net primary production (NPP); Oxisol; Rothamsted carbon turnover model; Savanna; Soil organic C; Soil radiocarbon age; Soil 13C; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ORGANIC MATTER;

KENYA; NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0033430102     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2762:ENPPFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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