Incorporating uncertainty into the parameters of a forest process model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-40

  MacFarlane, David W ^a   Green, Edwin J ^a   Valentine, Harry T ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian synthesis; Loblolly pine; Parameter estimation; Process based model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH MODELING;

EID: 0034734943     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00329-X     Document Type: Article

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