Simulating carbon stocks and fluxes of an African tropical montane forest with an individual-based forest model.

Tropical forests are carbon-dense and highly productive ecosystems. Consequently, they play an important role in the global carbon cycle. In the present study we used an individual-based forest model (FORMIND) to analyze the carbon balances of a tropical forest. The main processes of this model are...

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Main Authors: Rico Fischer, Andreas Ensslin, Gemma Rutten, Markus Fischer, David Schellenberger Costa, Michael Kleyer, Andreas Hemp, Sebastian Paulick, Andreas Huth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4410999?pdf=render