Terrestrial net primary productivity - A brief history and a new worldwide database

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-109

  Scurlock, J M O ^a   Olson, R J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical dynamics; Forests; Global carbon cycle; Grasslands; Model validation; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CARBON CYCLE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0036024631     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a02-002     Document Type: Review

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