Development and parameterization of a general forest gap dynamics simulator for the North-eastern Mediterranean Basin (GREek FOrest Species)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 439-456

  Fyllas, Nikolaos M ^a   Phillips, Oliver L ^b   Kunin, William E ^b   Matsinos, Yiannis G ^a   Troumbis, Andreas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest gap model; Greece; Mountainous Mediterranean forests; Plant functional types

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOREST GAP MODEL; MOUNTAINOUS MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; GAP DYNAMICS; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION;

BASINS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GREECE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247550156     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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