The consequences of hierarchy for modeling in forest ecosystems

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1837-1846

  Robinson, A P ^a   Ek, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0034470440     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x00-117     Document Type: Article

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