Assessing potential climate change effects on loblolly pine growth: A probabilistic regional modeling approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 99-116

  Woodbury, Peter B ^a   Smith, James E ^a   Weinstein, David A ^a   Laurence, John A ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Monte Carlo; Pinus taeda; Risk assessment; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

LOPLOLLY PINE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATIC CHANGE; GROWTH; LOBLOLLY PINE; MODELLING;

USA;

EID: 0032541380     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00323-X     Document Type: Article

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