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Potentials and limitations of using large-scale forest inventory data for evaluating forest succession models

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  • Didion, M.
  • Kupferschmid, A.D.
  • Lexer, M.J.
  • Rammer, W.
  • Seidl, R.
  • Bugmann, H.

Abstract

Forest gap models have been applied widely to examine forest development under natural conditions and to investigate the effect of climate change on forest succession. Due to the complexity and parameter requirements of such models a rigorous evaluation is required to build confidence in the simulation results. However, appropriate data for model assessment are scarce at the large spatial and temporal scales of successional dynamics. In this study, we explore a data source for the evaluation of forest gap models that has been used only little in the past, i.e., large-scale National Forest Inventory data. The key objectives of this study were (a) to examine the potentials and limitations of using large-scale forest inventory data for evaluating the performance of forest gap models and (b) to test two particular models as case studies to derive recommendations for their future improvement.

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  • Didion, M. & Kupferschmid, A.D. & Lexer, M.J. & Rammer, W. & Seidl, R. & Bugmann, H., 2009. "Potentials and limitations of using large-scale forest inventory data for evaluating forest succession models," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 220(2), pages 133-147.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:220:y:2009:i:2:p:133-147
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.09.021
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    1. M. Didion & A. Kupferschmid & A. Wolf & H. Bugmann, 2011. "Ungulate herbivory modifies the effects of climate change on mountain forests," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 109(3), pages 647-669, December.
    2. Matejicek, Lubos & Vavrova, Eva & Cudlin, Pavel, 2011. "Spatio-temporal modelling of ground vegetation development in mountain spruce forests," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 222(14), pages 2584-2592.
    3. Larocque, Guy R. & Archambault, Louis & Delisle, Claude, 2011. "Development of the gap model ZELIG-CFS to predict the dynamics of North American mixed forest types with complex structures," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 222(14), pages 2570-2583.
    4. Langner, Alexandra & Irauschek, Florian & Perez, Susana & Pardos, Marta & Zlatanov, Tzvetan & Öhman, Karin & Nordström, Eva-Maria & Lexer, Manfred J., 2017. "Value-based ecosystem service trade-offs in multi-objective management in European mountain forests," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 26(PA), pages 245-257.
    5. Jianwei W. Zhang & William W. Oliver & Russell T. Graham & W. Keith Moser, 2020. "The Level-of-Growing-Stock (LOGS) study on thinning ponderosa pine forests in the US West: A long-term collaborative experiment in density management," Journal of Forest Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 66(10), pages 393-406.
    6. Irauschek, Florian & Barka, Ivan & Bugmann, Harald & Courbaud, Benoit & Elkin, Che & Hlásny, Tomáš & Klopcic, Matija & Mina, Marco & Rammer, Werner & Lexer, Manfred J, 2021. "Evaluating five forest models using multi-decadal inventory data from mountain forests," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 445(C).

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