Modeling boreal forest response to climate variability in central Canada

• Main Author: Stratton, Tana Lowen
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2009
• Subjects: Climate Change; Agriculture; Forestry and Wildlife; Canada; Parkland; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28112; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-19092

This study examines the importance of short-term climate variability when simulating forest succession using ecological process models. A version of the FORSKA2 forest gap model was modified for use with daily climate data and applied along a transect of sites crossing the boreal region in central C...