FVSBGC: A hybrid of the physiological model STAND-BGC and the forest vegetation simulator

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 466-479

  Milner, Kelsey S ^a   Coble, Dean W ^b   McMahan, Andrew J ^c   Smith, Eric L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATORS (FVS);

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; PHYSIOLOGY; SILVICULTURE;

CALIBRATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINUS; SIMULATION; THINNING;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0038532377     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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