Estimating net primary productivity from grassland biomass dynamics measurements

Global Change Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 736-753

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

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground; Belowground; Carbon cycle; Data; Grasslands; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; GRASSLAND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0036324409     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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