A geospatial model of forest dynamics with controlled trend surface

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2339-2352

  Liang, Jingjing ^a   Zhou, Mo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Diameter growth; GIS; Matrix Model; Mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; DIAMETER GROWTH; GIS; MATRIX MODEL; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT;

EMPLOYMENT;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ALASKA; BASAL AREA; CLIMATES; DIAMETER; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GIS; MORTALITY; SOFTWOODS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77955841791     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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