Estimating aboveground net primary production in grassland and herbaceous dominated ecosystems

TitleEstimating aboveground net primary production in grassland and herbaceous dominated ecosystems
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsKnapp, AK, Briggs, JM, Childers, DL, Sala, OE
Book TitlePrinciples and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production
Pagination27 -48
PublisherOxford University Press, NY
Accession NumberKNZ001125
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.