Guidelines for modeling natural regeneration in boreal forests

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-439

  Blanco, Juan A ^a   Welham, Clive ^a   Kimmins, J P ^a   Seely, Brad ^a   Mailly, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disturbance; Ecological models; Forest regeneration; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; FOREST REGENERATION; NATURAL REGENERATION; SEEDLINGS; SINGLE MODEL APPROACH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; REGENERATION;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS;

EID: 67651121498     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85427-3     Document Type: Article

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