A comparison of empirical and process-based modelling methods for analysing changes in European forest growth

European Forest Institute Research Reports

Volumn 21, Issue , 2008, Pages 203-216

  Van Oijen, Marcel ^a   Ågren, Göran I ^b   Chertov, Oleg ^c   Kahle, Hans Peter ^d   Kellomäki, Seppo ^e   Komarov, Alex ^c   Mellert, Karl ^f   Prietzel, Jörg ^f   Spiecker, Heinrich ^d   Straussberger, Ralf ^f  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84966460717     PISSN: 12388785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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