Modelling the impact of shallow landslides on forest structure in tropical montane forests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 239, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-53

  Dislich, Claudia ^a,b   Huth, Andreas ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Forest model; FORMIND; Landslide; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BLIND SPOTS; DOMINANT PROCESS; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MODELS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FOREST RECOVERY; FOREST SIMULATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; FORMIND; HOTSPOTS; LOCAL SCALE; MATURE FOREST; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SOIL LAYER; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREE BIOMASS; TREE GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST; UNDISTURBED FORESTS;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; PRODUCTIVITY; RECOVERY; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSLIDE; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; REGROWTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84862200263     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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