Predicting forest microclimate in heterogeneous landscapes

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1158-1172

  Vanwalleghem, T ^a   Meentemeyer, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Forest structure; Landscape heterogeneity; Microclimate; Regression kriging; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FOREST EDGE; HETEROGENEITY; KRIGING; MICROCLIMATE; PATCH SIZE; SAMPLING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; UNDERSTORY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71449120432     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9281-1     Document Type: Article

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