Mapping forest dynamics under climate change: A matrix model

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2250-2262

  Liang, Jingjing ^a   Zhou, Mo ^a   Verbyla, Dave L ^b   Zhang, Lianjun ^c   Springsteen, Anna L ^b   Malone, Thomas ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate scenario; Climate induced change; Deterministic simulation; Empirical model; Forest population dynamics; Transition matrix model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE-INDUCED CHANGE; DETERMINISTIC SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FOREST POPULATIONS; TRANSITION MATRICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUCCESSION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ALASKA; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CLIMATES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055009612     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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