MEASURING NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN FORESTS: CONCEPTS AND FIELD METHODS

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1998 • 350 citations

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1983 • 339 citations

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1985 • 254 citations

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1996 • 250 citations

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1985 • 130 citations

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1990 • 94 citations

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1998 • 84 citations

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1990 • 80 citations

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1995 • 68 citations

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1998 • 66 citations

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1999 • 57 citations

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1995 • 52 citations

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1999 • 46 citations

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1993 • 45 citations

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1996 • 45 citations

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1984 • 36 citations

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1999 • 31 citations

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1964 • 27 citations

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1998 • 25 citations

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1995 • 23 citations

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1999 • 17 citations

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1997 • 17 citations

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1997 • 10 citations