Net Primary Productivity of Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems

Scale	Global
Data Type	Observational
Data Retriever	No
Georeferenced	Yes

This dataset catalogs field estimates of net primary productivity for natural and agricultural ecosystems worldwide from approximately 1870-1980.

Dataset Location: Ecological Archives

Sites Georefferenced: Yes

Timespan: 1869-1982

Methods: Field measurements off above-ground NPP were collected from the literature and complied in a standardized fashion. Methodology of field techniques are not generally documented.

Data Collected: NPP, biome or vegetation type

Citation: G. Esser, H. F. H. Lieth, J. M. O. Scurlock, and R. J. Olson. 2000. Osnabrück net primary productivity data set. Ecology 81:1177.

Available via EcoData Retriever: No