A generic process-based simulator for meditERRanean landscApes (SIERRA): Design and validation exercises

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-97

  Mouillot, Florent ^a,b   Rambal, Serge ^b   Lavorel, Sandra ^b  

^a Lab Biologic et Ecologic Vegetate   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Fire; Functional model; Landscape; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Regeneration; Water fluxes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FIRES; FORESTRY; SEED; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SURFACE WATER FLUXES;

ECOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE HISTORY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0035877318     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00432-1     Document Type: Article

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