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Enhancing gap model accuracy by modeling dynamic height growth and dynamic maximum tree height

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  • Rasche, Livia
  • Fahse, Lorenz
  • Zingg, Andreas
  • Bugmann, Harald

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Gap models are flexible tools for the simulation of forest dynamics under different climatic conditions. An important area, however, has not yet received the attention it deserves: the formulation of height growth and maximum tree height. In most gap models, every tree approaches a fixed maximum height regardless of site conditions, and tree height as such is approximated via stem diameter. To address these issues, we converted maximum height from a parameter to a variable that depends on site-specific climatic conditions. We also established tree height as a separate state variable besides diameter, to allow for competition effects to influence the ratio between height and diameter growth. The new model formulations were tested against data from the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) and from a forest growth and yield research plot. Lastly the new model version was applied to study productivity changes due to climate change along an environmental gradient.

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  • Rasche, Livia & Fahse, Lorenz & Zingg, Andreas & Bugmann, Harald, 2012. "Enhancing gap model accuracy by modeling dynamic height growth and dynamic maximum tree height," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 232(C), pages 133-143.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:232:y:2012:i:c:p:133-143
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.03.004
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    1. Huber, Nica & Bugmann, Harald & Lafond, Valentine, 2018. "Global sensitivity analysis of a dynamic vegetation model: Model sensitivity depends on successional time, climate and competitive interactions," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 368(C), pages 377-390.
    2. Alexandrov, G.A & Golitsyn, G.S., 2015. "Biological age from the viewpoint of the thermodynamic theory of ecological systems," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 313(C), pages 103-108.
    3. Livia Rasche & Lorenz Fahse & Harald Bugmann, 2013. "Key factors affecting the future provision of tree-based forest ecosystem goods and services," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 118(3), pages 579-593, June.

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