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Aboveground net primary production dynamics in a northern Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem

Oecologia, 2007
Aboveground net primary production (ANPP) dynamics are a key element in the understanding of ecosystem processes. For semiarid environments, the pulse-reserve framework links ANPP to variable and unpredictable precipitation events contingent on surficial hydrology, soil moisture dynamics, biodiversity structure, trophic dynamics, and landscape context.
Esteban H, Muldavin, Douglas I, Moore, Scott L, Collins, Karen R, Wetherill, David C, Lightfoot   +4 more
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Net Primary Productivity in Tropical Terrestral Ecosystems

1975
Ranging from lowland evergreen rain forest to alpine tundra, the variety of terrestrial ecosystems lying within tropical latitudes exceeds that of any other region on earth. Our knowledge of net primary productivity (NPP) rates in tropical ecosystems must be described as fragmentary.
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How does ecosystem water balance affect net primary productivity of woody ecosystems?

Functional Plant Biology, 2003
Australia is a very dry continent, with low levels of rainfall and high temperatures and evaporative demand for much of the continent for much of the year. Net primary productivity (NPP) of Australia is also low. These two observations are presumably related, and, at a catchment scale, correlations between ecosystem water balance and NPP surely exist ...
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Modeling landscape net ecosystem productivity (LandNEP) under alternative management regimes

Ecological Modelling, 2002
Forests have been considered as a major carbon sink within the global carbon budget. However, a fragmented forest landscape varies significantly in its composition and age structure, and the amount of carbon sequestered at this level remains generally unknown to the scientific community. More precisely, the temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of
Eugénie S Euskirchen, Jiquan Chen, Harbin Li, Eric J Gustafson, Thomas R Crow   +4 more
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Net Primary Production and Carbon Allocation Patterns of Boreal Forest Ecosystems

Ecological Applications, 2001
The three objectives of this paper were: to summarize net primary production (NPP) and carbon allocation patterns for boreal forests, to examine relationships between climatic and biological variables and NPP, and to examine carbon allocation coefficients for all boreal forests or types of boreal forests that can be used to estimate NPP from easily ...
S. T. Gower, O. Krankina, R. J. Olson, M. Apps, S. Linder, C. Wang   +5 more
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Nitrogen saturation and net ecosystem production - Reply

2008
Nitrogen (N) deposition alters ecosystem function in several ways, with important effects on N leaching and water quality, as well as on interspecific competition and biodiversity. These changes have been attributed to ecosystem N saturation, defined as the alleviation of N limitations on rates of biological function1.
MAGNANI, FEDERICO, Mencuccini M., Borghetti M., Berninger F., Delzon S., Grelle A., Hari P., Jarvis P. G., Kolari P., Kowalski A. S., Lankreijer H., Law B. E., Lindroth A., Loustau D., Manca G., Moncrieff J., Tedeschi V., Valentini R., Grace J.   +18 more
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Net ecosystem production in clear‐water and brown‐water lakes

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2012
We studied 15 lakes in northern Sweden with respect to primary production and respiration in benthic and pelagic habitats. The lakes were characterized by different concentrations of colored dissolved organic carbon (DOC) of terrestrial origin, forming a gradient ranging from clear‐water to brown‐water lakes.
Jenny Ask, Jan Karlsson, Mats Jansson
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Seasonal shift in net ecosystem production in a tropical estuary

Limnology and Oceanography, 2003
Net ecosystem production was examined in the Mandovi and Zuari estuaries (southwestern India) and the adjoining coastal waters for a period of 1 yr (January to December 1998). The study period encompassed premonsoon, monsoon, and postmonsoon seasons. At the estuarine stations, net ecosystem production showed monthly variation and a transition from net ...
Ram, A.S.P., Nair, S., Chandramohan, D.
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Net primary production of the grass and swamp ecosystems

Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2008
Paper presents estimates of above-ground, below-ground, and total production in grasslands, meadows and steppe of the forest-steppe and steppe regions, and production of moss peat ecosystems of the northern, middle, and southern taiga forests. Total production varies in grasslands from 520 to 6670 g/(m2 year) and depends on hydrothermal conditions and ...
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Valuing ecosystem services: A shadow price for net primary production

Ecological Economics, 2007
Abstract We analyze the contribution of ecosystem services to GDP and use this contribution to calculate an empirical price for ecosystem services. Net primary production is used as a proxy for ecosystem services and, along with capital and labor, is used to estimate a Cobb Douglas production function from an international panel.
Amy Richmond, Robert K. Kaufmann, Ranga B. Myneni   +2 more
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