More asymmetric tree competition brings about more evapotranspiration and less runoff from the forest ecosystems: A simulation study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2887-2898

  Toda, Motomu ^a   Yokozawa, Masayuki ^b   Emori, Seita ^c   Hara, Toshihiko ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere forest dynamics interaction model; Competitive asymmetry; Forested water balance

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; ANNUAL TRANSPIRATION; ASYMMETRIC TREES; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITIVE ASYMMETRY; CONTROL SIMULATION; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EARLY GROWTH; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; EVEN-AGED STANDS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST STAND; FOREST STAND DEVELOPMENT; FORESTED WATER BALANCE; FULLY-COUPLED; HIGHER-DEGREE; INDIVIDUAL TREE; INTERACTION MODEL; LARIX KAEMPFERI; LATE-SUCCESSIONAL SPECIES; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA INDEX; LONG-TERM FUTURE; MULTI-LAYERED; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT GROWTH; SELF-THINNING; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION STUDIES; STAND AGE; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; SURFACE PHYSICS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER BALANCE;

CARBOXYLATION; COMPETITION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONOCULTURE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SELF THINNING; SIZE STRUCTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATER BUDGET;

CARBOXYLATION; COMPETITION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 77957902034     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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