Optimisation of tree mortality models based on growth patterns

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 196-206

  Wunder, Jan ^a   Bigler, Christof ^a,b   Reineking, Björn ^a   Fahse, Lorenz ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecology; Forest gap models; Norway spruce; Tree death; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FOREST ECOLOGY; FOREST GAP MODELS; NORWAY SPRUCE; TREE DEATH;

FORESTRY;

FOREST HEALTH; GROWTH MODELING; MODELING; MORTALITY; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREE;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33746060500     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.02.037     Document Type: Article

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