Describe the effects of temperature, moisture, length of photosynthetic period, and nutrient availability on net primary productivity in terrestrial ecosystems. Give examples in your explanations.

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Net primary productivity refers to the rate of energy stored in the form of biomass by plants or any other primary producer and available to consumption by other elements within the ecosystem (Gough, 2011). There are a couple of factors that affect primary productivity in terrestrial ecosystems. One of them is temperature, where the NPP will increase as long as the temperature is within the optimum range. Any deviation…