COINS: An integrative modelling shell for carbon accounting and general ecological analysis

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-374

  Roxburgh, S H ^a,b   Davies, I D ^a,b  

^a Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon modelling; Model integration; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; COMPUTER CONTROL; ECOLOGY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

CARBON MODELING; MODEL INTEGRATION; SPATIAL SCALES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 30144441022     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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