Evaluation of a process-based ecosystem model for long-term biomass and stand development of Eucalyptus globulus plantations

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-391

  Miehle, Peter ^a   Grote, Rüdiger ^b   Battaglia, Michael ^c,d   Feikema, Paul M ^a,d   Arndt, Stefan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus globulus; Evaluation; Forest growth; MoBiLE PDT; Model coupling; Process based model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVERGREEN TREE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION; STAND DYNAMICS; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 77952323016     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0343-x     Document Type: Article

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