Modelling dynamics of managed tropical rainforests-An aggregated approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-432

  Tietjen, Britta ^a,b   Huth, Andreas ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Differential equation; Forest model; Genetic algorithm; Logging; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; TROPICAL BUILDINGS;

FOREST MODEL; MODEL PARAMETERS; TROPICAL RAINFOREST;

FORESTRY;

FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; LOGGING (TIMBER); NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFOREST; SUSTAINABILITY;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; TROPICS;

ASIA; DERAMAKOT FOREST RESERVE; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; PARAGUAY; SABAH; SARAWAK; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33750631447     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.045     Document Type: Article

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