The role of data assimilation in predictive ecology

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Niu, Shuli ^a,b   Luo, Yiqi ^b   Dietze, Michael C ^c   Keenan, Trevor F ^d,e   Shi, Zheng ^b   Li, Jianwei ^b,f   Chapin, F Stuart ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Data Assimilation; Ecological forecasting; Fire; Fishery; Infectious disease; Social ecological systems; Special Feature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903471687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00273.1     Document Type: Article

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