"Biomass" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Total mass of all the organisms of a given type and/or in a given area. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) It includes the yield of vegetative mass produced from any given crop.
| Descriptor ID |
D018533
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.157.100 N06.230.124.100
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biomass" by people in Profiles.
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Beta diversity as a driver of forest biomass across spatial scales. Ecology. 2022 Oct; 103(10):e3774.
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Mature Andean forests as globally important carbon sinks and future carbon refuges. Nat Commun. 2021 04 09; 12(1):2138.
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Local species diversity, ?-diversity and climate influence the regional stability of bird biomass across North America. Proc Biol Sci. 2020 03 11; 287(1922):20192520.
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Seed arrival and ecological filters interact to assemble high-diversity plant communities. Ecology. 2011 Mar; 92(3):676-86.