Modeling Forest Mortality Caused by Drought Stress: Implications for Climate Change

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-74

  Gustafson, Eric J ^a   Sturtevant, Brian R ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; drought stress; forest biomass; forest landscape disturbance and succession model; LANDIS II; tree mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MORTALITY; SUCCESSION;

GREAT LAKES BASIN; OCONTO COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84872873769     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9596-1     Document Type: Article

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