Individual-based model of spatio-temporal dynamics of mixed forest stands

Authored by A N Kolobov, E Ya Frisman

Date Published: 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2015.10.002

Sponsors: Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Platforms: MathCAD

Model Documentation: Other Narrative Flow charts Mathematical description

Model Code URLs: Model code not found

Abstract

This research presents the results of constructing and parameterizing an individual-based model of spatiotemporal dynamics of mixed forest stands. The model facilitates computerized experiments with forest stands having different combinations of species and age structures. These forest stands grow on temperate areas where light is the main system-forming factor that shapes and develops forest ecosystems. The model TEMFORM (TEMperate FORests Model) is developed with few equations and parameters, most of which can be estimated using standard forest inventory data. Parameterization of the model used the growth tables of a set of basic forest-forming species in Far East Russia. Simulation results of the development of the natural single- and mixed-species stands and the effects of different types of disturbances on the stand dynamics and compositions are presented. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Simulation Management growth Landscapes Succession Spatial-patterns Boreal forest Gap