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The Structure & Function of Ten Western North American Grasslands

III. Net Primary Production, Turnover and Efficiencies of Energy Capture and Water Use

Phillip L. Sims & J.S. Singh - Range Science Department and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Journal of Ecology, 66, 1978

Abstract from Introduction:
"Unprecedented human population growth during recent decades has necessitated evaluation of the production of potential various ecological systems, both natural and man-modified, throughout the world. Emphasis has been placed on the efficiency of energy capture and the accumulation and dissipation of energy at different trophic levels (Singh & Misra 1968)...."

Contents:
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Efficiency of Energy Capture
  • Efficiency of Water Use
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
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