Ground vegetation net production in a Danish beech wood

Malcolm K. Hughes

doi:10.1007/BF00345427

Ground vegetation net production in a Danish beech wood

Malcolm K. Hughes

Tree-Ring Research, Laboratory of

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Biocontent of the above and below-ground parts of ground vegetation in a Danish beech forest was between 1685 and 3025 Kj/m² (94.57 to 169.43g/m²). Net production as the difference between overall maximum and overall minimum biocontent was 1340 Kj/m²/yr (74.86g/m²/yr); as the sum of differences between species maximum and minimum 1832 Kj/m²/yr (111.49g/m²/yr); and as the sum of calculated losses to litter and biomass change 2759 Kj/m²/yr (160.05g/m²/yr). The data indicate that an estimate based on above ground parts alone would be one-third of those presented. Ground vegetation was a major contributor to litter production.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	251-258
Number of pages	8
Journal	Oecologia
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345427
State	Published - Sep 1975

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