Title | Estimating aboveground net primary production in grassland and herbaceous dominated ecosystems |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | Knapp, AK, Briggs, JM, Childers, DL, Sala, OE |
Book Title | Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production |
Pagination | 27 -48 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, NY |
Accession Number | KNZ001125 |
Abstract | This paper reviews past and currently accepted methods of estimating aboveground net primary production (NPP) in grass and herb-dominated ecosystems, provides some guiding principles and recommendations to facilitate accurate determination of aboveground NPP, and discusses biases and errors and sampling adequacy. |