Research agenda for integrated landscape modeling

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 194 RMRS-GTR, 2007, Pages 1-53

  Cushman, Samuel A ^a   McKenzie, Donald ^b   Peterson, David L ^b   Litteill, Jeremy ^c   McKelvey, Kevin S ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate regime; Disturbance regime; Empirical gradient model; Mechanistic ecosystem model; Modeling paradigms; Stochastic landscape disturbance model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; RESEARCH;

EID: 34547316385     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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