Data input quality and resolution effects on regional and local scale Eucalyptus globulus productivity predictions in north-east Tasmania

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-25

  Mummery, D ^a,b   Battaglia, M ^a  

^a CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus globulus; Forestry; GIS; Multi scale; Productivity model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; MODELING; PLANTATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 0037107820     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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