Forest Landscape Dynamics: a Semi-Markov Modeling Approach
Description:
A transition model (MOSAIC) is used to describe forest dynamics at the landscape scale. The model uses a semi-Markov framework by considering transition probabilities and Erlang distributed holding times in each transition. Parameters for the transition model are derived from a gap model (ZELIG). This procedure ensures conceptual consistency of the landscape model with the fine scale ecological detail represented by the forest gap model. Spatial heterogeneity in the transition model is driven b…
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Date:
August 1997
Creator:
Ablan, Magdiel
Partner:
UNT Libraries