Quantifying gap dynamics at the patch mosaic level using a spatially-explicit model of a northern hardwood forest ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 39-60

  Dube P ^a   Fortin, M J ^b   Canham, C D ^c   Marceau, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanded gaps; Gap dynamics; Individual based simulations; Self organisation; Sensitivity analysis; Spatially explicit models; Spatio temporal statistics; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035418941     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00238-1     Document Type: Article

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