Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances

✍ Scribed by Ajith H. Perera, Brian R. Sturtevant, Lisa J. Buse (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 324
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Forest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems. This book contains a collection of insights from a group of ecologists who address a variety of processes: physical disturbances such as drought, wind, and fire; biological disturbances such as defoliating insects and bark beetles; anthropogenic influences; interactions among disturbances; effects of climate change on disturbances; and the recovery of forest landscapes from disturbances—all from a simulation modeling perspective. These discussions and examples offer a broad synopsis of the state of this rapidly evolving subject.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances: An Overview....Pages 1-15
Modeling Windthrow at Stand and Landscape Scales....Pages 17-43
Approaches to Modeling Landscape-Scale Drought-Induced Forest Mortality....Pages 45-71
Modeling Wildfire Regimes in Forest Landscapes: Abstracting a Complex Reality....Pages 73-92
Modeling Insect Disturbance Across Forested Landscapes: Insights from the Spruce Budworm....Pages 93-134
Individual-Based Modeling: Mountain Pine Beetle Seasonal Biology in Response to Climate....Pages 135-164
Southern Pine Beetle Herbivory in the Southern United States: Moving from External Disturbance to Internal Process....Pages 165-200
Exploring Interactions Among Multiple Disturbance Agents in Forest Landscapes: Simulating Effects of Fire, Beetles, and Disease Under Climate Change....Pages 201-231
Simulating Forest Landscape Disturbances as Coupled Human and Natural Systems....Pages 233-261
Simulating Forest Recovery Following Disturbances: Vegetation Dynamics and Biogeochemistry....Pages 263-285
Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances: Where Do We Go from Here?....Pages 287-311
Back Matter....Pages 313-321

✦ Subjects

Landscape Ecology; Forestry; Applied Ecology

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