Testing the Lake States variant of FVS (Forest Vegetation Simulator) for the main forest types of northern Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-506

  Lacerte, V ^a   Larocque, G R ^a   Woods, M ^b   Parton, W J ^b   Penner, M ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Forest Analysis Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological consistency analysis; Forest Vegetation Simulator; FVS; Validation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; LAKES;

CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS; FOREST STAND; QUADRATIC MEAN DIAMETER (QMD);

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; LAKES; PINUS BANKSIANA; STAND DENSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

LAMB; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 4544272719     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc80495-4     Document Type: Article

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