The decline of forest productivity as stands age: A model-based method for analysing causes for the decline

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 185-205

  Murty, Danuse ^a   McMurtrie, Ross E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest aging; Forest model; Net primary production; Nitrogen availability; Photosynthetic efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0034735650     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00345-8     Document Type: Article

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