Modelling the net primary productivity of temperate forest ecosystems in China with a GAP model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-238

  Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Peng, Changhui ^c   Apps, Michael J ^a,b   Zhang, Yanli ^a   Woodard, Paul M ^a   Wang, Zhiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystem succession; GAP model; Net primary productivity; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CHINA;

LARIX; PINUS KORAIENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033589301     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00139-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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