Explicit avalanche-forest feedback simulations improve the performance of a coupled avalanche-forest model

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-66

  Zurbriggen, N ^a,b   Nabel, J E M S ^a,b   Teich, M ^b,c   Bebi, P ^c   Lischke, H ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche forest feedback; Explicit feedback simulation; Forest landscape model; Mountain forests; Sensitivity analysis; TreeMig Aval

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893664277     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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