Gaining local accuracy while not losing generality - Extending the range of gap model applications

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1092-1107

  Didion, Markus ^a   Kupferschmid, Andrea D ^a   Zingg, Andreas ^b   Fahse, Lorenz ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; DIAMETER GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FORCLIM; FOREST RESEARCH; FOREST SUCCESSION; GAP MODEL; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MODEL COMPLEXITY; NATURAL VEGETATION; NEW MODEL; PARSIMONIOUS MODELING; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; SELF-PRUNING; SIMULATING SYSTEM; SWISS ALPS; TREE CROWNS;

FORESTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SIMULATORS;

COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERS; PLANTS;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67649363897     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-041     Document Type: Article

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