Representing climate, disturbance, and vegetation interactions in landscape models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 309-310, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-47

  Keane, Robert E ^a   McKenzie, Donald ^b   Falk, Donald A ^c   Smithwick, Erica A H ^d   Miller, Carol ^a   Kellogg, Lara Karena B ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Global change; Interactions; Landscape ecology; Landscape modeling; Scale

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE MODEL; SCALE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 84929493537     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.04.009     Document Type: Review

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