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Net primary productivity of a tropical deciduous forest ecosystem in western Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. Martinez-Yrizar ,
J. M. Maass ,
L. A. Perez-Jimenez  and
J. Sarukhan
A. Martinez-Yrizar
Affiliation:
Centro de Ecología, Universidad National Autonoma de México, Apdo. Postal 1354, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, México
J. M. Maass
Affiliation:
Centro de Ecología, Universidad National Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70-275, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F. 04510, México
L. A. Perez-Jimenez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biología, Universidad National Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70-233, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F. 04510, México
J. Sarukhan
Affiliation:
Centro de Ecología, Universidad National Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70-275, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F. 04510, México
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Keywords

biomass incrementherbivorylitterfallMéxiconet primary productivityroot productivitytropical deciduous forest

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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 169 - 175
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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