Estimating Aboveground Net Primary Productivity in Forest-Dominated Ecosystems

Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kloeppel, Brian D ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^b   Fahey, Timothy J ^c  

^a University System of Georgia   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Biomass increment; Herbivory; Tissue mortality; Tree

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168662.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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