Functional types of trees in temperate and boreal forests: Classification and testing

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-370

  Bugmann, Harald ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Evolution; Forest ecology; Gap model; Impact study; Succession

Indexed keywords

FOREST; FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL TYPE;

EID: 0029660501     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236279     Document Type: Article

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