Integrating climatic response in competition dependent tree-level growth models for northern hardwoods

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 323, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-147

  Girard, François ^a,c   Beaudet, Marilou ^b,c   Mailly, Daniel ^b,c   Messier, Christian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Deciduous tree species; Forest ecology; Model; Response function; Yield projections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONS; MODELS;

CLIMATE; DECIDUOUS TREES; FOREST ECOLOGY; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; YIELD PROJECTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOLOGY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MODELS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 84899494312     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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