Signal-transfer modeling for regional assessment of forest responses to environmental changes in the southeastern United States

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-137

  Luxmoore, Robert J ^a   Hargrove, William W ^a   Tharp, M Lynn ^a   Post, Wilfred M ^a   Berry, Michael W ^b   Minser, Karen S ^b   Cropper Jr , Wendell P ^c   Johnson, Dale W ^d   Zeide, Boris ^e   Amateis, Ralph L ^f   Burkhart, Harold E ^f   Baldwin Jr , V Clark ^g   Peterson, Kelly D ^g  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Eastern deciduous forest; Geographic information system; Global change; Monte Carlo simulation; Nitrogen deposition; Ozone; Scaling up; Site index; Southern pine forest

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OZONE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; GLOBAL CHANGE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SCALING-UP; SITE INDEX; SOUTHERN PINES;

FORESTRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 0000997315     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019005510316     Document Type: Article

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