Estimating Aboveground Net Primary Production in Grassland- and Herbaceous-Dominated Ecosystems

Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Knapp, Alan K ^a   Briggs, John M ^b   Childers, Daniel L ^c   Sala, Osvaldo E ^d  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Grazing; Harvest; Phenology; Sample adequacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168662.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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