Modeling regeneration responses of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) to abiotic conditions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 286, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-77

  Schlaepfer, Daniel R ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Bradford, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential evolution optimization; Germination; Rangeland restoration; Sagebrush reclamation; Seedling survival; Soil water simulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FORECASTING; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION OPTIMIZATIONS; GERMINATION; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; REGENERATION RESPONSE; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; RANGELAND; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SOIL WATER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84901473099     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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