Predicting ecosystem dynamics at regional scales: An evaluation of a terrestrial biosphere model for the forests of northeastern North America

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1586, 2012, Pages 222-235

  Medvigy, David ^a,b   Moorcroft, Paul R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological prediction; Northeastern usa; Temperate forests; Terrestrial biosphere model evaluation; Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE FORCING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82755174181     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0253     Document Type: Article

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