Process versus empirical models: Which approach for forest ecosystem management?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 879-887

  Korzukhin, Michael D ^a   Ter Mikaelian, Michael T ^b   Wagner, Robert G ^b  

^a Institute of Global Climate and Ecology   (Russian Federation)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PROCESS MODEL;

EID: 0030442321     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-096     Document Type: Article

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