Response of tree growth to a changing climate in boreal central Canada: A comparison of empirical, process-based, and hybrid modelling approaches

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-228

  Girardin, Martin P ^a,b   Raulier, Frédéric ^b   Bernier, Pierre Y ^a   Tardif, Jacques C ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal plains of Canada; Climate change; Dendroclimatology; Empirical modelling; Forest net primary productivity; Hybrid modelling; Process based modelling; Tree ring growth increments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

BOREAL PLAINS; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EMPIRICAL MODELING; HYBRID MODELING; TREE-RING GROWTH INCREMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYBRID; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING;

CLIMATES; TREES;

CANADA; DUCK MOUNTAIN PROVINCIAL FOREST; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 40849142029     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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