Modifying the G'DAY process-based model to simulate the spatial variability of Eucalyptus plantation growth on deep tropical soils

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 301, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-128

  Marsden, Claire ^a   Nouvellon, Yann ^a,b   Laclau, Jean Paul ^a,b   Corbeels, Marc ^c   McMurtrie, Ross E ^d   Stape, José Luiz ^e   Epron, Daniel ^f   le Maire, Guerric ^a  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Research Unit Agroecology and Sustainable intensification of Annual Crops   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ecophysiological model; Eucalypt; G'DAY; Plant available water; Water limited growth

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; BRAZIL; EUCALYPT; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; G'DAY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PROCESS-BASED MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ADAPTATION; CARBON; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE PLANTING; TROPICAL SOIL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; MOISTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 84878115595     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.039     Document Type: Article

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