Design and validation of a spatially explicit simulation model for bottomland hardwood forests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 20-32

  Nuttle, Tim ^a   Haefner, James W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Forest simulator; Individual based model; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Restoration; Succession

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESTORATION; SEED;

FOREST SIMULATORS; SEED DISPERSAL; SIMULATION MODELS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SIMULATION;

ALLUVIUM; BASAL AREA; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESTORATION; SECONDARY GROWTH; SEEDS;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846246456     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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