A non-destructive and rapid method to estimate biomass and aboveground net primary production in arid environments

Agriculture & Biology

• net primary productivity 100%
• nondestructive methods 94%
• dry environmental conditions 82%
• rapid methods 78%
• shrubs 66%
• vegetation cover 53%
• biomass 47%
• aboveground biomass 47%
• grasses 45%
• Stipa 44%
• calibration 29%
• Mulinum 28%
• Poa ligularis 27%
• Adesmia 26%
• tussock grasses 22%
• Senecio 20%
• steppes 17%
• dominant species 15%
• phytomass 15%
• forage 11%
• ecosystems 11%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• net primary production 92%
• arid environment 90%
• shrub 70%
• grass 65%
• biomass 46%
• vegetation cover 44%
• aboveground biomass 33%
• calibration 20%
• method 16%
• forage 16%
• steppe 15%
• measuring 10%
• ecosystem 9%