Ecosystem Model Comparison at Multiple Scales and Sites

Abstract

Ensuring the long-term sustainability of eastern US forests in the face of climate variability and change will require that forest managers have the best available climate change research to make sound management decisions. Ecosystem process models are now able to project forest landscape conditions in response to anticipated climate, natural disturbance, forest management, and their interactions; these projections can inform forest management decisions. However, there is no single scale which is perfectly suited to addressing all questions about climate change and management. Critical patterns which emerge at fine-scales may be over-averaged at larger scales and vice-versa. Our objectives were to: a) compare model outcomes from two modeling frameworks against empirical data and to each other, b) examine climate change, disturbance, and management interactions at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; translate these procedures; and prepare a roadmap for deployment across other forested military installations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1169193

Entities

People

  • Matthew Duveneck
  • Melissa S. Lucash
  • Robert Scheller

Organizations

  • Portland State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Demography
  • Drainage Basins
  • Forests
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Lepidoptera
  • Medical Personnel
  • Meteorology
  • Soil Science
  • Storm Surges
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.