Measuring net primary production in forests: Concepts and field methods

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 356-370

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass increment; Boreal; Carbon; Coarse roots; Fine root turnover; Forest inventory plots; Litterfall; Net ecosystem C exchange; Net primary production; Temperate; Total belowground carbon allocation; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0035068983     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0356:MNPPIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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