An individual-based spatially explicit simulation model for strategic forest management planning in the eastern Amazon

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2003

• Country: Brazil
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Climate and Environment
• Authors: Phillips, P.D., van Gardingen, P.R., Silva, J.N.M., de Azevedo, C.P., Degen, B., Phompson, I.S.

Abstract

A model to simulate the forest processes of growth, mortality and recruitment, and the human process of forest management in the Terra Firme forests of the eastern Amazon is described.

Citation

Phillips P.D., De Azevedo C.P., Degen B., Van Gardingen P.R., Thompson I.S. AND Silva J.N.M. An individual-based spatially explicit simulation model for strategic forest management planning in the eastern Amazon. Ecological Modelling (2003) 173 (4) 335-354. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.09.023]

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An individual-based spatially explicit simulation model for strategic forest management planning in the eastern Amazon

Published 1 January 2003