Biogeochemical model (BGC-ES) and its basin-level application for evaluating ecosystem services under forest management practices

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1979-1994

  Ooba, Makoto ^a   Wang, Qinxue ^a   Murakami, Shogo ^a   Kohata, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen cycle; Ecosystem services (ES); Forest biogeochemical model; Timber harvesting; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; NITROGEN CYCLES; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER BALANCE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CATCHMENTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TIMBER; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 77954031650     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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