Holzgang proposed a method for measuring this quantity using a handheld radiometer, and Niklas and Enquist studied its partitioning. This term is paired with "recalcitrance" to describe the resistance of plant fibers to degradation by microbes. A study of the relationship between this quantity, alpha diversity, and functional biodiversity found that its increase with alpha diversity was highest for small, isolated ecosystems while its increase with functional diversity was constant as ecosystem size. Its vertical distribution is a major determinant of plant fitness. Primary productivity is defined as the rate at which
Holzgang proposed a method for measuring this quantity using a handheld radiometer, and Niklas and Enquist studied its partitioning. This term is paired with "recalcitrance" to describe the resistance of plant fibers to degradation by microbes. A study of the relationship between this quantity, alpha diversity, and functional biodiversity found that its increase with alpha diversity was highest for small, isolated ecosystems while its increase with functional diversity was constant as ecosystem size. Its vertical distribution is a major determinant of plant fitness. Primary productivity is defined as the rate at which this quantity increases among autotrophs. This quantity decreases sharply as one ascends an ecological pyramid, and in some applications excludes water or mineral tissue like bone; in other cases it is measured in terms of organically bound carbon atoms. For 10 points, name this term that refers to the total quantity of living organisms in an ecosystem, often measured in grams.
Holzgang proposed a method for measuring this quantity using a handheld radiometer, and Niklas and Enquist studied its partitioning.
{biomass}