Modelling effective thermal climate for mountain forests in the Bavarian Alps: Which is the best model?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 677-687

  Reger, Birgit ^a   Kölling, Christian ^b   Ewald, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest vegetation; Indicator value for temperature; Predictive vegetation modelling; Slope aspect; Slope inclination; Solar radiation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; GROWING SEASON; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; GERMANY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79960100638     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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