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Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 Comparison of model parameters for the ridge forest and the ravine forest

From: The carbon fluxes in different successional stages: modelling the dynamics of tropical montane forests in South Ecuador

  

Ridge forest (Dislich et al. 2009)

Ravine forest

(this study)

Difference

Model parameters

 Productivity:

   
 

Maximum Photosynthesis

[μmolCO2 ⋅ (m 2 s)− 1]

5.4

8.4

+20%

 Regeneration:

   
 

Maximum recruitment rate of small trees [1/(yr ∙ ha)−1]

225

202

−10%

 Mortality:

   
 

Mortality rate (per year)

5.5%

2.2%

−60%

  1. For both sites, essential key parameters were compared (photosynthesis, number of seeds, mortality rate). The given mean model parameters were averaged by the biomass abundance of each PFT in the field. Full parameter list for the ravine forest can be found in Additional file 2: Appendix B.4, for the ridge forest in Dislich et al. 2009
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