Net primary production in tropical forests: An evaluation and synthesis of existing field data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 371-384

  Clark, Deborah A ^a   Brown, Sandra ^a   Kicklighter, David W ^b   Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^c   Thomlinson, John R ^d   Ni, Jian ^e   Holland, Elisabeth A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass increment; Carbon budgets; Forest inventory plots; Litterfall; Net primary production; Tropical dry, moist, or montane forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0035065726     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0371:NPPITF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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