Effects of vegetation structure on biomass accumulation in a Balanced Optimality Structure Vegetation Model (BOSVM v1.0)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 821-845

  Yin, Z ^a   Dekker, S C ^b   Van Den Hurk, B J J M ^a,c   Dijkstra, H A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BARE SOIL; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; LEAF AREA INDEX; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84900445518     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-821-2014     Document Type: Article

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