A method for scaling vegetation dynamics: The ecosystem demography model (ED)

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 557-586

  Moorcroft, P R ^a   Hurtt, G C ^b   Pacala, S W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical dynamics; Ecosystem dynamics; Ecosystem model; Individual based model; Moment approximation; Plant community dynamics; Scaling; Size and age Structured; South America; Sub grid scale heterogeneity; Terrestrial; Terrestrial biosphere model; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HETEROGENEITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035202916     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0557:AMFSVD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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