Development and assessment of a gap-type model to predict the effects of climate change on forests based on spatial forest data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-228

  Talkkari, Ari ^a   Hypén, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Gap model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BETULA; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PENDULA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; ABIES; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULACEAE; PINACEAE;

CLIMATIC CHANGE; GAP MODEL; PRODUCTION; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPERATURE;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030176702     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03719-X     Document Type: Article

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