Testing generalized allometries in allocation modeling within an individual-based simulation framework

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-150

  Seidl, Rupert ^a,b   Rammer, Werner ^a   Bellos, Panagiotis ^a   Hochbichler, Eduard ^a   Lexer, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric biomass equation; Fagus sylvatica; Hybrid model; Model generality; Partitioning; PICUS

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRICS; AUSTRIA; BIOMASS EQUATIONS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CONCEPT-BASED; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EUROPEAN BEECH; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOLIAGE BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST MODELS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; HYBRID MODEL; IN-LINE; IN-PROCESS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; INDIVIDUAL TREE MODEL; INDIVIDUAL-BASED; INDIVIDUAL-BASED SIMULATIONS; KEY PROCESS; LEAF AREA; MEAN TREE HEIGHT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION INTERCEPTION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYBRID SENSORS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEMS; EQUATIONS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENSORS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 73649112735     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-009-0387-z     Document Type: Article

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