A Forest Nutrient Cycling and Biomass Model (ForNBM) based on year-round, monthly weather conditions Part II: Calibration, verification, and application

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-27

  Zhu, Zhanxue ^a   Arp, Paul A ^b   Meng, Fanrui ^b   Bourque, Charles P A ^b   Foster, Neil W ^c  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Mixed hardwood; Model calibration and verification; Nutrient leaching; Site productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LEACHING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; WEATHER;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347447355     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00284-9     Document Type: Article

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