Individual-Based Forest Succession Models and the Theory of Plant Competition [Book Chapter]

Conference · Wed May 16 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Individual-Based Models and Approaches in Ecology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351073462-22· OSTI ID:5467288

Huston, Michael ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

One of the few types of individual-based models that address multi-species interactions and community- and ecosystem-level phenomena is the class of forest succession models known as JABOWA or FORET models. This paper briefly reviews the history and major features of these models, which are probably the most widely used individual-based computer simulation models. The assumptions and mechanisms underlying these models, which originated over 20 years ago, are virtually identical to those that have been developed in the context of theoretical plant competition and plant population models. Interest among theoretical ecologists in mechanistic models of plant growth and competition has led in the convergence of recently developed models with the assumptions, mechanisms, and structure of a model that has been in use by ecosystem scientists for over 20 years.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5467288
• Report Number(s): CONF-9005211--3; ON: DE91015918; ISBN: 978-1-351-07346-2
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Individual-Based Models and Approaches in Ecology
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
090700 -- Biomass Fuels-- Resources-- (1990-)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540210* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
CANOPIES
COMPETITION
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DISTRIBUTION
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
F CODES
FORESTS
J CODES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SIMULATION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPECIES DIVERSITY
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
Z CODES