Development of a New TRIPLEX-Insect Model for Simulating the Effect of Spruce Budworm on Forest Carbon Dynamics

Development of a New TRIPLEX-Insect Model for Simulating the Effect of Spruce Budworm on Forest Carbon Dynamics

The spruce budworm (SBW) defoliates and kills conifer trees, consequently affecting carbon (C) exchanges between the land and atmosphere. Here, we developed a new TRIPLEX-Insect sub-model to quantify the impacts of insect outbreaks on forest C fluxes. We modeled annual defoliation (AD), cumulative d...

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Main Authors: Zelin Liu, Changhui Peng, De Grandpré Louis, Jean-Noël Candau, Xiaolu Zhou, Daniel Kneeshaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
tree mortality
natural disturbance
balsam fir
photosynthesis process
gross primary productivity
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/9/513

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