Research Catalog

Title

Spatial modeling of forest landscape change : approaches and applications / edited by David J. Mladenoff and William L. Baker.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Mladenoff, David J.
• Baker, William L. (William Lawrence)

Description

xii, 352 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm

Subject

• Forest dynamics > Computer simulation > Congresses
• Landscape ecology > Computer simulation > Congresses

Note

• Papers presented at a symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A., 1997.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Development of forest and landscape modeling approaches / David J. Mladenoff and William L. Baker -- Modeling the competitive dynamics and distribution of tree species along moisture gradients / John P. Caspersen...[et al.] --Spatial and temporal impacts of adjacent areas on the dynamics of species diversity in a primary forest / Jianguo Liu...[et al.] -- Scaling fine-scale processes to large-scale patterns using models derived from models : metal-models / Dean L. Urban, Miguel F. Acevedo and Steven L. Garman -- Simulating landscape vegetation dynamics of Bryce Canyon National Park with the vital attributes/fuzzy systems model VAFS/LANDSIM / David W. Roberts and David W. Betz -- Design, behavior and application of LANDIS, an object-oriented model of forest landscape disturbance and succession / David J. Mladenoff and Hong S. He -- Predicting forest fire effects at landscape scales / Robert H. Gardner, William H. Romme and Monica G. Turner -- Mechanistic modeling of landscape fire patterns / Mark A. Finney -- Achieving sustainable forest structures on fire-prone landscapes while pursuing multiple goals / John Sessions...[et al.] -- Modeling the driving factors and ecological consequences of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon / Virginia H. Dale and Scott M. Pearson -- Spatial simulation of the effects of human and natural disturbance regimes on landscape structure / William L. Baker -- HARVEST : linking timber harvesting strategies to landscape patterns / Eric J. Gustafson and Thomas R. Crow -- Progress and future directions in spatial modeling of forest landscapes / William L. Baker and David J. Mladenoff.

ISBN

052163122X (hardback)

LCCN

98050552

OCLC

• ocm40331254
• SCSB-3861609

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries