Representation of species mixing in forest growth models: A review and perspective

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 313, Issue , 2015, Pages 276-292

  Pretzsch, Hans ^a   Forrester, David I ^b   Rötzer, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergent properties; Inter specific interactions; Niche complementarity; Process based models; Stand level models; Tree level models

Indexed keywords

MIXING; MIXTURES; SOILS;

EMERGENT PROPERTY; NICHE COMPLEMENTARITY; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; STAND LEVELS; TREE LEVEL;

FORESTRY;

COMPLEMENTARITY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIXED FOREST; MIXING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS;

EID: 84937963817     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.06.044     Document Type: Review

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