| Value |
5.09e+8
km^2
|
| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Vorholt JA. Microbial life in the phyllosphere. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2012 Dec10(12):828-40. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2910 p.828 left column top paragraphPubMed ID23154261
|
| Primary Source |
[2] Woodward FI, Lomas MR. Vegetation dynamics simulating responses to climatic change. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2004 Aug79(3):643-70.PubMed ID15366766
|
| Method |
Primary source abstract: "A modelling approach to simulating vegetation dynamics is described, incorporating critical processes of carbon sequestration, growth, mortality and distribution." |
| Comments |
P.828 left column top paragraph: "The leaf surface habitat is vast: vegetation modelling [primary source] gives an estimated global leaf area of 508,630,100 km^2, which corresponds to 1,017,260,200 km^2 of upper and lower leaf surface, an area approximately twice as great as the land surface." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
115366 |