An ecosystem model for tropical forest disturbance and selective logging

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Huang, Maoyi ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^a   Keller, Michael ^b,c   Berry, Joseph A ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL FOREST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 50549091127     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007jg000438     Document Type: Article

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