Geographical and interannual variability in biomass partitioning in grassland ecosystems: A synthesis of field data

New Phytologist

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Hui, Dafeng ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Grassland; Interannual variability; Meta data synthesis; Net primary productivity (NPP); Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CARBON; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POACEAE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GEOGRAPHY; POACEAE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33644872868     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01569.x     Document Type: Article

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