Organic matter budget and model for a southern Appalachian Liriodendron Forest /
by P. Sollins, D.E. Reichle, J.S. Olson.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Springfield, Virginia. : National Technical Information Service, 1973.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee : Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1973.
- Summary
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Processes of organic matter transfer in a second-growth deciduous forest ecosystem dominated by Liriodendron tulipifera L. at Oak Ridge in eastern Tennessee were analyzed and simulated to improve our ability to predict effects of perturbations on forests. An annual budget of dry matter production and decomposition was calculated using data from Oak Ridge and assumptions based on published results. Standing crop of all vegetation was estimated at 16.1 kg m⁻² dry weight, net primary production at 1.2 kg m⁻² yr⁻¹, and annual organic detritus production at 0.76 kg m⁻² yr⁻¹. Comparison of estimates of gross photosynthesis based on gas exchange and harvest data gave agreement of about 34 percent.
- Note
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"Research supported by the Eastern Deciduous Forest Biome, US-IBP, funded by the National Science Foundation under Interagency Agreement AG 199, 40-193-69 with the Atomic Energy Commission - Oak Ridge National Laboratory."
"Submitted as a dissertation by P. Sollins to the Graduate Council of The University of Tennessee in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy."
"Eastern Deciduous Forest Biome, Analysis of Ecosystems, IBP."--Cover.
"April 1973."
- Physical Description
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xiii, 150 pages :
illustrations ;
28 cm.
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