Spatio-temporal prediction of tree mortality based on long-term sample plots, climate change scenarios and parametric frailty modeling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-54

  Nothdurft, Arne ^a  

^a Baden Württemberg Forest Research Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Frailty model; Tree mortality prediction

Indexed keywords

B-SPLINE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE PROJECTION; COMMON BEECH; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAILTY MODELS; HAZARD FUNCTION; HAZARD RATES; HAZARD RATIO; LINEAR PREDICTORS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NORWAY SPRUCE TREES; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SCOTS PINE; SILVER FIR; SPATIO-TEMPORAL PREDICTION; TREE MORTALITY; TREE SPECIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; HAZARDS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATES; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; MODELS;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY;

ABIES; FAGUS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84871874919     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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