Assessing productivity and carbon sequestration capacity of Eucalyptus globulus plantations using the process model Forest-DNDC: Calibration and validation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 83-94

  Miehle, P ^a   Livesley, S J ^a   Feikema, P M ^a   Li, C ^b   Arndt, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Carbon sequestration; Eucalyptus globulus; Forest DNDC; Model validation; Plantation; Prediction error; Productivity

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST-DNDC; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION ERROR;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANTATION;

EUCALYPTUS; FORESTATION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTATIONS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 31544444951     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

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