Estimating net primary productivity of grasslands from field biomass measurements in temperate northern China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-234

  Ni, Jian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aboveground and belowground net primary productivity; Data limitation; Methodology in estimating NPP; Peak biomass; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 26044464856     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000049097.85960.10     Document Type: Article

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