The role of size inequality in self-thinning: A pattern-oriented simulation model for arid savannas

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-445

  Wiegand, Kerstin ^a,b   Saltz, David ^b,c   Ward, David ^b   Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Israel Nature and Parks Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acacia reficiens; Arid savanna; Competitive asymmetry; Namibia; Parsimony; Pattern oriented modeling; Size inequality; Zone of influence model

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; ROBUST CONTROL; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

PATTERN-ORIENTED MODELING; SELF-THINNING; SOUTH AFRICA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SAVANNA; SELF THINNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA REFICIENS;

EID: 37349033155     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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