Effects of scale and scaling in predictive modelling of forest site productivity

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-27

  Aertsen, Wim ^a   Kint, Vincent ^a   Muys, Bart ^a   Van Orshoven, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extent; Extrapolation; Fagus sylvatica; Generalized additive models (GAM); Singling out; Site index; Support

Indexed keywords

EXTENT; FAGUS SYLVATICA; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; SINGLING OUT; SITE INDEX;

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRAPOLATION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPPORTS;

FORESTRY;

CALIBRATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST PRODUCT; FORESTRY MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; SCALE EFFECT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE INDEX; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORECASTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SITE CLASS; SITE INDEX; SUPPORTS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84856398020     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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