Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Moore, Andrew D.
• Noble, Ian R.

Titel

An individualistic model of vegetation stand dynamics

Ist Teil von

• Journal of environmental management, 1990, Vol.31 (1), p.61-81

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1990

Quelle

Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• FATE (Functional Attributes in Terrestrial Ecosystems) is a new, general model of vegetation dynamics which is based on a model of the functioning of individual plants in a stand. It has been designed to predict vegetation dynamics with a low resolution and from a simple parameter set. This makes it suitable for use by managers of extensive natural areas. FATE also provides age structure information about communities. We have divided plant function into three main areas (life history, responses of plants to their immediate environment and their responses to natural disturbance), and built the FATE model by constructing a simple representation of essential features of each of these processes. Examples from Australian forest and woodland communities are used to demonstrate the operation of the model and to compare it withother modelling approaches. The limitations of FATE and possible extensions are also discussed.