3-PG simulations of young ponderosa pine plantations under varied management intensity: Why do they grow so differently?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-82

  Wei, Liang ^a   Marshall, John D ^a,b   Zhang, Jianwei ^c   Zhou, Hang ^a   Powers, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy closure; Model calibration; Quantum yield; Shrub competition; Stable carbon isotope ratio; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ISOTOPES; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTUM YIELD; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

CANOPY CLOSURES; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; MODEL CALIBRATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CARBON; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPIRATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 84888417166     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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