Restoration of ecosystems for biodiversity and carbon sequestration: Simulating growth dynamics of brigalow vegetation communities in Australia

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 785-794

  Ngugi, Michael R ^a   Johnson, Robert W ^a   McDonald, William J F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon accumulation; Climate change; Ecological restoration; Gap model

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AUSTRALIA; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION; BIODIVERSITY VALUES; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST COMMUNITY; FOREST GROWTH; GAP-MODEL; GROWTH DYNAMICS; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MATURE FOREST; MIXED-SPECIES FORESTS; RECOVERY PROCESS; REMNANT FORESTS; RESTORATION PLANNING; SHRUB SPECIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STEM DENSITY; TREE DENSITY; UNDERSTOREY; UNEVEN-AGED; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION;

BASAL AREA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78650678349     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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