Advances in spatial, individual-based modelling of forest dynamics

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 831-842

  Busing, Richard T ^a   Mailly, Daniel ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Direction de la Recherche Forestière   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy gap model; Forest dynamics; Forest succession; Landscape; Simulation; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

EID: 10344228792     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02326.x     Document Type: Review

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