The biomass distribution on Earth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 25, 2018, Pages 6506-6511

  Bar On, Yinon M ^a   Phillips, Rob ^b,c   Milo, Ron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biosphere; Ecology; Quantitative biology

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CARBON; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PLANTS;

EID: 85048740031     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711842115     Document Type: Article

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