Coupling a spatially-explicit forest gap model with a 3-D solar routine to simulate latitudinal effects

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-111

  Weishampel, J F ^a   Urban, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Latitude; Shading; Solar radiation; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP MODEL; LATITUDE; MODELLING; SHADING; SPATIAL PATTERN; ZELIG;

EID: 0029661244     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00201-0     Document Type: Article

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