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    • Biomass Allocation and Growth Data of Seeded Plants

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    This data set of leaf, stem, and root biomass for various plant taxa was compiled from the primary literature of the 20th century with a significant portion derived from Cannell (1982). Recent allometric additions include measurements made by Niklas and colleagues (Niklas, 2003). This is a unique data set with which to evaluate allometric patterns of standing biomass within and across the broad spectrum of vascular plant species. Despite its importance to ecology, global climate research, and evolutionary and ecological theory, the general principles underlying how plant metabolic production is allocated to above- and below-ground biomass remain unclear. The resulting uncertainty severely limits the accuracy of models for many ecologically and evolutionarily important phenomena across taxonomically diverse communities. Thus, although quantitative assessments of biomass allocation patterns are central to biology, theoretical or empirical assessments of these patterns remain contentious

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date October 25, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 25, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2784383281-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2023-10-15
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-10-16
    Category Vegetation, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Niklas, K.J., and B.J. Enquist. 2004. Biomass Allocation and Growth Data of Seeded Plants. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/703
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/703
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 026:001
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    Source Hash fd39866335e967edf56c32e3b6d982183a4c1435a19875b94899e25f233a759b
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1922-07-15T00:00:00Z/2003-07-15T23:59:59Z

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