Explaining forest composition and biomass across multiple biogeographical regions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-114

  Bugmann, Harald K M ^a,c   Solomon, Allen M ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Eastern North America; FORCLIM; Forest composition and biomass; Forest ecology; Forest gap models; Global temperate forests; Pacific Northwest (United States); Validation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; COMPETITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034141257     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0095:EFCABA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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