Simulating gross primary production across a chronosequence of coastal Douglas-fir forest stands with a production efficiency model

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-253

  Hember, Robbie A ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Black, T Andy ^a   Guy, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal Douglas fir; Environmental stress; Gross primary production; Light use efficiency; Model calibration; Production efficiency model

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST INVENTORY; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODEL VALIDATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; STAND DYNAMICS; TIMESCALE;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 74449084551     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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