A new bioclimatic model calibrated with vegetation for Mediterranean forest areas

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Vennetier, Michel ^a   Ripert, Christian ^a   Maille, Eric ^a   Blanc, Laurence ^b   Torre, Franck ^c   Roche, Philip ^a   Tatoni, Thierry ^c   Brun, Jean Jacques ^d  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b Délégation Régionale Midi Pyrénées Aquitaine ^*  (France)

^c AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic model; Floristic analysis; Mediterranean forest; PLS regression; Provence; Water availability

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CALIBRATION; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55149104196     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008050     Document Type: Article

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