Primary Production: Guiding Principles and Standards for Measurement

Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^b  

^a Department of Natural Resources Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitions; Site selection; Spatial variation; Statistical analysis; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168662.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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