Model convergence and state variable update in forest gap models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 197-208

  Bugmann, Harald ^a,c   Fischlin, Andreas ^a   Kienast, Felix ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Statistics; Succession; Systems theory; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP MODEL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATE VARIABLE; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS THEORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030512962     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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