Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances (eBook)

Ajith H. Perera, Brian R. Sturtevant, Lisa J. Buse (Herausgeber)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
X, 321 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-3-319-19809-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

Ajith H. Perera  Ontario Forest Research InstituteOntario Ministry of Natural Resources1235 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5 [e-mail] R. Sturtevant Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 5985 Hwy K, Rhinelander, WI 54501 [e-mail] J. Buse Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 1235 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5 [e-mail]

Inhalt

1.       Simulation modeling of forest landscape disturbances: An overviewAjith H. Perera, Brian R. Sturtevant, and Lisa J. Buse 2.       Modeling windthrow at stand and landscape scalesStephen J. Mitchell and Jean-Claude Ruel  3.       Approaches to modeling landscape-scale drought-induced forest mortalityEric J. Gustafson and Douglas J. Shinneman  4.       Modeling wildfire regimes in forest landscapes: Abstracting a complex realityDonald McKenzie and Ajith H. Perera  5.       Modeling insect disturbance across forested landscapes: Insights from the spruce budwormBrian R. Sturtevant, Barry J. Cooke, Daniel D. Kneeshaw, and David A. MacLean  6.       Individual-based modeling: Mountain pine beetle seasonal biology in response to climateJacques Régnière, Barbara J. Bentz, Jim A. Powell, and Rémi St-Amant  7.       Southern pine beetle herbivory in the southern United States: Moving from external disturbance to internal processAndrew G. Birt and Robert N. Coulson  8.       Exploring interactions among multiple disturbance agents in forest landscapes: Simulating effects of fire, beetles, and disease under climate changeRobert E. Keane, Rachel Loehman, Jason Clark, Erica A.H. Smithwick, and Carol A. Miller  9.       Simulating forest landscape disturbances as coupled human and natural systemsMichael C. Wimberly, Terry L. Sohl, Zhihua Liu, and Aashis Lamsal 10.    Simulating forest recovery following disturbances: Vegetation dynamics and biogeochemistryRobert M. Scheller and Mark E. Swanson 11.    Simulation modeling of forest landscape disturbances: Where do we go from here?Ajith H. Perera, Brian R. Sturtevant, and Lisa J. Buse

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.7.2015
• Zusatzinfo: X, 321 p. 74 illus., 51 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Genome engineering • Heterogeneity • Non linearity • Scale Dependence • Stochasticity
• ISBN-10: 3-319-19809-2 / 3319198092
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-19809-5 / 9783319198095