Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Boxes
- Preface
- Prologue Environmental changes and ecosystem effects: two historical examples
- Section I History and concepts
- Section II Ecosystem structure and function
- Section III Ecosystem dynamics at different time scales
- Section IV Applications
- Appendix 1 Abbreviations
- Appendix 2 Glossary
- Appendix 3 Some useful values and symbols used to represent them
- Appendix 4 Information and data on selected ecosystems
- References
- Index
- Plate section
Appendix 3 - Some useful values and symbols used to represent them
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Boxes
- Preface
- Prologue Environmental changes and ecosystem effects: two historical examples
- Section I History and concepts
- Section II Ecosystem structure and function
- Section III Ecosystem dynamics at different time scales
- Section IV Applications
- Appendix 1 Abbreviations
- Appendix 2 Glossary
- Appendix 3 Some useful values and symbols used to represent them
- Appendix 4 Information and data on selected ecosystems
- References
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
Conversion factors
µg = 10−6 g
mg = 10−3 g
kg = 103 g
Mg = tonne = 106 g
Gg = 109 g
Tg = 1012 g
Pg = 1015 g
1 kg m−2 = 10 tonnes ha−1 = 10 Mg ha−1
1 g C = 44/12 g CO2 = 3.67 g CO2
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem EcologyPrinciples and Applications, pp. 295Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011