A framework for evaluating forest landscape model predictions using empirical data and knowledge

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Environmental Modelling & Software

• Publication date

  2014-12-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ENVSOFT.2014.09.003
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