Design and evaluation of a forest landscape change model for western Oregon

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-337

  Garman, Steven L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest landscape change model; Gap model; Landscape simulation model; Meta model; Western Oregon

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642524640     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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