Verification, validation, and application of detailed forest succession models

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5221332· OSTI ID:5221332

Shugart, H. H.; Doyle, T. W.; West, D. C.

Model validation is often central to the development of useful models of any ecosystem. In a recent review, a category of ecological models called the gap models was identified as being particularly useful in studies of long-term ecological succession. After briefly describing the mathematical structure of a gap model, we will discuss the techniques available for validation of these models and will provide examples of such tests. We will further discuss how these models might be used to predict the consequences of man-induced change on the long-term dynamics of forest ecosystems.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5221332
• Report Number(s): DOE/TIC-11249
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

510100* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DATA
ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
FORESTS
INFORMATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL DATA
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
THEORETICAL DATA