Interannual climate variability and population density thresholds can have a substantial impact on simulated tree species' migration

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 257, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-100

  Nabel, Julia E M S ^a,b   Zurbriggen, Natalie ^a,b   Lischke, Heike ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Explicitly simulated tree species' migration; Interannual climate variability; Intermediate complexity model; Minimum population density threshold; Spatially linked dynamic multi species model; TreeMig

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MULTI SPECIES MODEL; POPULATION DENSITIES; TREE SPECIES; TREEMIG;

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REFORESTATION; TIME SERIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD; TIME SERIES;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

HUMULUS; OSTRYA CARPINIFOLIA;

EID: 84876317758     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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