Simulating growth dynamics in a South-East Asian rainforest threatened by recruitment shortage and tree harvesting

Climatic Change

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-117

  Köhler, Peter ^a,b,c   Huth, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEED;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENDANGERED FORESTS; RAINFORESTS; SEED PREDATION;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH MODELING; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SEEDS; SIMULATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17644385933     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-004-0713-9     Document Type: Review

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