A hierarchical patch mosaic ecosystem model for urban landscapes: Model development and evaluation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-100

  Zhang, Chi ^a,b   Wu, Jianguo ^b,c,d   Grimm, Nancy B ^b,d   McHale, Melissa ^b,e   Buyantuyev, Alexander ^c,d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Hierarchical patch dynamics paradigm; LTER; Phoenix metropolitan area; Process based model; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; LTER; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHOENIX METROPOLITAN; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); URBAN PLANNING;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870679889     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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