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This chapter reviews the important factors controlling primary and secondary production in grasslands, particularly at the subsystem level of organization. This evidence is drawn largely from the previous chapters and from the experience and data accumulated under the IBP Grassland Biome studies conducted from 1968 through 1976.
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French, N.R. (1979). Principal Subsystem Interactions in Grasslands. In: French, N.R. (eds) Perspectives in Grassland Ecology. Ecological Studies, vol 32. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6182-7_11
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