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Ranging from lowland evergreen rain forest to alpine tundra, the variety of terrestrial ecosystems lying within tropical latitudes exceeds that of any other region on earth. Our knowledge of net primary productivity (NPP) rates in tropical ecosystems must be described as fragmentary. The relatively few available data pertain to a diverse assortment of samples subject to different levels of precipitation and disturbance.
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Murphy, P.G. (1975). Net Primary Productivity in Tropical Terrestral Ecosystems. In: Lieth, H., Whittaker, R.H. (eds) Primary Productivity of the Biosphere. Ecological Studies, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80913-2_11
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