Process-based models for forest ecosystem management: Current state of the art and challenges for practical implementation

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 289-298

  Mäkelä, Annikki ^g   Landsberg, Joe ^a,b   Ek, Alan R ^c   Burk, Thomas E ^c   Ter Mikaelian, Michael ^d   Ågren, Göran I ^e   Oliver, Chadwick D ^f   Puttonen, Pasi ^g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Landsberg Consulting   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Carbon balance; Competition; Stand productivity; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PROCESS MODEL;

CARBON BALANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0034162490     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.5-6.289     Document Type: Article

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