Landscape forest modeling of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico.
Description:
This thesis contributes to modeling the dynamics of forest community response to environmental gradients and disturbances over a mountain landscape. A gap model (FACET) was parameterized for species of various forest types (Tabonuco, Colorado, Dwarf and Palm), for many terrain conditions and was modified and extended to include species response to excess soil moisture and hurricanes. Landscape cover types were defined by dominance of species of each forest type and canopy height. Parameters of …
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Date:
December 2002
Creator:
Abbott-Wood, Chris
Partner:
UNT Libraries