Estimating aboveground net primary production in grasslands: A comparison of nondestructive methods

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 498-505

  Byrne, Kerry M ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^b   Adler, Peter B ^c   Byrne, Christine M ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost optimization; double sampling; handheld radiometer; mixed grass prairie; point frame; shortgrass steppe

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PRAIRIE; RADIOMETER; REFLECTANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE;

EID: 80052839382     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00145.1     Document Type: Article

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