CBM-CFS3: A model of carbon-dynamics in forestry and land-use change implementing IPCC standards

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-504

  Kurz, W A ^a   Dymond, C C ^a   White, T M ^a   Stinson, G ^a   Shaw, C H ^a   Rampley, G J ^a   Smyth, C ^a   Simpson, B N ^a   Neilson, E T ^a   Trofymow, J A ^a   Metsaranta, J ^a   Apps, M J ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Carbon; Disturbances; Forest management; Greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS; TIMBER;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CANADA; CANADIAN FORESTS; CARBON; CARBON STOCKS; CBM-CFS3; DATA-SETS; DISTURBANCES; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FOREST INVENTORIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGERS; IMPORT DATUM; INPUT DATUM; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LAND AREAS; LAND-USE CHANGES; MODELLING FRAMEWORKS; NATIONAL LEVELS; ORGANIC MATTERS; POLICY-MAKERS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES; SOIL CARBONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STANDARD FORMATS; STANDING DEAD TREES; TIMBER SUPPLIES; TRADING SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LAKES; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; STANDARDS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 59149086830     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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