The importance of uncertainty and sensitivity analyses in process-based models of carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems with particular emphasis on forest ecosystems. Selected papers from a workshop organized by the International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) at the third biennial meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (IEMSS)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 261-263

  Larocque, Guy R ^a   Bhatti, Jagtar S ^b   Liu, Jinxun ^c   Ascough II, James C ^d   Luckai, Nancy ^e   Gordon, Andrew M ^f  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 55549143636     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.010     Document Type: Editorial

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