Humid savanna-forest dynamics: A matrix model with vegetation-fire interactions and seasonality

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 265, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-179

  Accatino, Francesco ^a   De Michele, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feedbacks; Fire; Forest; Height classes; Humid savanna; Occurrences; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HEIGHT CLASSES; HUMID SAVANNA; OCCURRENCES; SEASONALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; FIRES; RAIN; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; GRASS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LEGUME; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; HUMIDITY; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84880610591     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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