Terrestrial global productivity /
As the global climate changes, there are concomitant changes in global biological productivity. This book is devoted to the assessment of terrestrial Net Primary Productivity ("the total amount of energy acquired by green plants during photosynthesis, minus the energy lost through respiration&q...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego, Calif. :
Academic Press,
[2001]
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| Series: | Physiological ecology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | As the global climate changes, there are concomitant changes in global biological productivity. This book is devoted to the assessment of terrestrial Net Primary Productivity ("the total amount of energy acquired by green plants during photosynthesis, minus the energy lost through respiration"--APDS & T, pp. 1457). The book is comprised of three major sections. The first section is a review of the processes that operate globally to influence productivity--these are the initial conditions of any model of primary productivity. The second section is comprised of chapters that assess the c |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 573 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080518725 0080518729 |