The SYMFOR tropical forest modelling framework

Commonwealth Forestry Review

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-18

  Young, A C ^a   Muetzelfeldt, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Felling cycle; Growth and yield; Individual based model; Tropical forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343483260     PISSN: 00103381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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