Assessing impact of projected future climate on tree species growth and yield: Development of an evaluation strategy

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-320

  Dombroskie, Shaun ^a   McKendy, Monica ^a   Ruelland, Courtney ^a   Richards, William ^b   Bourque, Charles P A ^a   Meng, Fan Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest gap models; GIS; Growth and yield; Numerical analysis; Simulation; Species growth characteristics; Species succession

Indexed keywords

ACADIAN; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; GAP DYNAMICS; GIS; GROWTH CURVE; SIMULATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER RUBRUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77952319255     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9218-1     Document Type: Article

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