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- noun
plant biomass
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Examples
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Change in Siberian phytomass predicted for global warming.
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The current territory of southern taiga is projected to be replaced by forest – steppe [24] with a 15% phytomass decrease [25] in a warmer climate, and forest degradation and decline during the transition period are very likely to result in a major increase in forest debris and forest flammability.
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The vertical distribution of live vascular phytomass in cottongrass tussock tundra.
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The vertical distribution of live vascular phytomass in cottongrass tussock tundra.
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Plant (autotrophic) respiration consumes approximately half of the gross photosynthesis, and it reduces the global net primary productivity (i.e., the new phytomass available every year for consumption by heterotrophs [from bacteria to humans]) to approximately 60 Gt of carbon on land and approximately 50 Gt of carbon in the ocean.
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On average, only approximately 0.3% of the electromagnetic energy of solar radiation that reaches the earth's ice-free surfaces is converted to chemical energy of new phytomass.
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The authors show how quality of forage explains the preference by grazing animals for burnt areas during some periods, and in non-burnt areas due to high phytomass in other periods.
unknown title 2009
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