Introduction to tropical ecology
Introduction to tropical ecology
Introduction to tropical ecology
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Productivity and carbon accumulation<br />
Average NPP of selected biomes (kg x m -2 x year -1 ),<br />
carbon accumulation rate (g x m -2 x year -1 ) and C(biomass)/C(soil)<br />
Biome<br />
Productivity<br />
C accumulation<br />
rate<br />
C(b)/C(<br />
C(s)<br />
Taiga<br />
0.8<br />
11.7 – 15.3<br />
0.55<br />
Temperate<br />
forest<br />
1.2<br />
0.7 – 5.1<br />
1.13<br />
Rainforest<br />
2.2<br />
2.3 – 2.5<br />
1.68<br />
Lieth & Whittaker 1975, Schlesinger 1991
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