Modelling forest ecosystems: State of the art, challenges, and future directions

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-397

  Landsberg, Joe ^a  

^a Withycombe   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; WEED CONTROL;

CARBON-ALLOCATION PROCESSES;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 0037518364     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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