A three-dimensional model of forest development and competition

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 73-98

  Williams, Mathew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Forest ecosystems; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARCADIA; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; MODELLING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRODUCTIVITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

USA, (NORTHEAST);

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0030484515     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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