Understanding the low-temperature limitations to forest growth through calibration of a forest dynamics model with tree-ring data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 246, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 251-263

  Rickebusch, Sophie ^a   Lischke, Heike ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Guisan, Antoine ^c   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degree day sum; Establishment; Gap dynamics; Gap model; Growth; Minimum winter temperature; Regeneration; Tree line; TreeMig

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

DEGREE-DAY SUM; GAP DYNAMICS; GAP MODEL; MINIMUM WINTER TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY MODELING; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; REGENERATION; TREE RING; TREELINE;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; REFORESTATION;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34347267618     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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