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The Determinants of Plant Productivity-Natural Versus Man-Modified Communities

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Disturbance and Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 44))

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There is great variation in the terrestrial primary productivity of different climatic regions of the earth as well as within a given climatic region dependent on local habitat properties. This variability is a result of the resources available to the biota — water, light, and nutrients — as well as the prevailing temperatures which regulate resource availability. In addition, of course, site productivity is determined by the particular properties of the resident plants. Here we explore the interaction between habitat resources and plant potential in determining site productivity.

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  1. H. A. Mooney
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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-2493, USA

    Harold A. Mooney

  2. Laboratoire de Systématique et d’Ecologie Méditerranéennes, Institut de Botanique, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Rue Auguste-Broussonnet, F-34000, Montpellier, France

    M. Godron

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Mooney, H.A., Gulmon, S.L. (1983). The Determinants of Plant Productivity-Natural Versus Man-Modified Communities. In: Mooney, H.A., Godron, M. (eds) Disturbance and Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69137-9_10

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