A non-destructive method to estimate biomass in arid environments: A comment on Flombaum and Sala (2007)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 599-601

  Montes N ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Non destructive method; Plant architecture; Plant cover

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 64849113701     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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