Net Primary Productivity
Net primary production and litterfall are intimately connected. In every terrestrial ecosystem, the largest fraction of all net primary production is lost to herbivores and litterfall. Therefore these factors must be accounted for. Ecologists account for this effect by subtracting the accumulated litterfall from the net primary production, resulting in what is called the true increment of net primary production. Due to their interconnectedness, global patterns of litterfall are similar to global patterns of net primary productivity.
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