Testing the 'CENTURY' ecosystem level model on data sets from eight grassland sites in the former USSR representing a wide climatic/soil gradient

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 191-210

  Gilmanov, Tagir G ^a   Parton, William J ^a   Ojima, Dennis S ^b  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Grasslands; Nutrient cycling; Plant production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CENTURY; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; GRASSLAND; MODELLING; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

USSR;

EID: 0030619535     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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