Simulating forest dynamics in a complex topography using gridded climatic data

Climatic Change

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-211

  Bugmann, Harald ^a   Fischlin, Andreas ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; FORCLIM; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MODEL; GAP MODEL; GCM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; PATCH MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0029660887     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00224631     Document Type: Article

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