Global sensitivity analysis of a modified CENTURY model for simulating impacts of harvesting fine woody biomass for bioenergy

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 259, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-23

  Wang, Fugui ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^a   Forrester, Jodi A ^a   Keough, Cindy ^b   Parton, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; CENTURY; Global sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty; Woody biomass harvest

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CENTURY; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAKES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WOODY DEBRIS;

EID: 84876425936     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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