Assessing the impact of current and projected climates on Douglas-Fir productivity in British Columbia, Canada, using a process-based model (3-PG)

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-524

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Hember, Robbie A ^a   Waring, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLIMATIC VARIATION; COMBINING PROCESS; DOUGLAS FIR; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SITE INDEX; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREE GROWTH; WESTERN HEMLOCK;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH RESPONSE; SITE INDEX;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 77949600154     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x09-201     Document Type: Article

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