Evaluation of the growth function of an empirical forest scenario model

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-68

  Thurig E ^a   Kaufmann, E ^a   Frisullo, R ^b   Bugmann, H ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Forest growth model; Liechtenstein; MASSIMO; Model evaluation; NFI; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY (NFI);

FORESTRY;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST; GROWTH MODELING; PREDICTION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIECHTENSTEIN; WORLD;

EID: 10944231589     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.070     Document Type: Article

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