Individual-based simulation models for forest succession and management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 1995, Pages 157-175

  Liu, Jianguo ^a   Ashton, Peter S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest succession; Gap model; Growth yield model; Individual based model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GAP MODEL; GROWTH-YIELD MODEL; MANAGEMENT; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0028885263     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(94)03490-N     Document Type: Article

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