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Document
Type: Report
Editor(s): Richard A. Birdsey; Robert A. Mickler; David V. Sandberg; Richard Tinus; John I. Zerbe; Kelly O'Brian
Publication Date: 1997
MAPSS (Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System) is a global biogeography model that simulates the potential natural vegetation that can be supported at any upland site in the world under a long-term steady-state climate. MAPSS operates on the fundamental principle that ecosystems will tend to maximize the leaf area that can be supported at a site by available soil moisture or energy (Woodward 1987, Neilson et al. 1989, Neilson 1993a, Neilson 1995).
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Citation: Neilson, R. 1997. The MAPSS model. In: Birdsey, R.; Mickler, R.; Sandberg, D.; Tinus, R.; Zerbe, J.; O'Brian, K. (eds), USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995: Effects of Global Change. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-GTR-237. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. p. 111-112.
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Keywords:
- global biogeography model
- LAI - leaf area index
- MAPSS - the Mapped Atmosphere Plant Soil System
- vegetation distribution
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