@mastersthesis {52419,
	title = {Energy dynamics and net productivity of annual plants in southern New Mexico},
	year = {1969},
	note = {//LOCAL//NONE//},
	month = {1969},
	school = {New Mexico State University},
	type = {M.S. Thesis},
	address = {Las Cruces, New Mexico},
	abstract = {Species composition and energy dynamics of annual plants were measured at three elevations between Las Cruces and the Organ Mountains during 1968.  Production was measured by randomly selecting plants which were in anthesis and referring to permanent quadrats to record phenology and densities throughout the growing season.  Caloric contents were determined for the roots and shoots of each species.  Energy measurements varied from 37.45 kcal/m2 at 4400{\textquoteright} in March to 514.62 kcal/m2 at 5000{\textquoteright} in June.  The productivity for the growing season was 751.82 kcal/m2 and the average production was 4.08 kcal/m2/day (1.08 g/m2/day) during a 184 day growing period.  Productivity varied from one site to another and varied throughout the growing season.  Factors which produced this variation were precipitation, topography, and edapic factors.},
	keywords = {annual plant, energy dynamics, annual plant, productivity, dissertation, dissertations, theses, thesis},
	author = {Hettinger, Loren Robert}
}
