A simulation study of landscape scale forest succession in northeastern China

He, Hong S.; Hao, Zhanqing; Larsen, David R.; Dai, Limin; Hu, Yuanman; Chang, Yu

doi:10.1016/s0304-3800(02)00104-7

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“…2002) and site history (Graae et al . 2004), with successional development (He et al . 2002) and direct management, including coppicing (Mason & MacDonald 2002) and grazing by wild ungulates or livestock (Mcinnes et al .…”

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Relationships between the species composition of forest field‐layer vegetation and environmental drivers, assessed using a national scale survey

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Summary1 Simulation models of forest stand dynamics have increased understanding of over-storey vegetation functioning, and have facilitated the development of tools capable of assessing possible successional trajectories. However, few models incorporate the response of the field layer vegetation despite it being another key component of forest ecosystems. 2 Our main objective was to assess the degree to which field-layer vegetation composition in forests is determined by variables operating at different scales, from regional (e.g. climate, location) to local factors (e.g. basal area of canopy trees, management). 3 We used data gathered during a nationwide forest survey to assess the relative effects of a broad spectrum of environmental variables on species composition. Variation partitioning was used to examine the relative contribution of subsets of environmental variables such as site spatial variation, boundary type and presence of herbivores. 4 Ordination confirmed hypotheses that field layer vegetation is primarily structured by two composite geo-climatic gradients. However, variation partitioning demonstrated that site-and plot-scale management factors also strongly influence the floristic composition of forest patches. 5 Disturbance variables (site boundary type/regional presence of deer) accounted for considerable species variation, exceeding that due to either site spatial variation or forest structure. 6 This is the first time variation attributable to such a comprehensive range of environmental variables has been quantified for forests surveyed at a national scale. We thus provide a context within which regional studies, or analyses considering a more limited range of factors, can be viewed, and a framework from which robust models of floristic response to gradual and episodic natural and anthropogenic disturbances may be developed. 7 The methodology we present, including a novel technique for the identification and removal of outliers in large data sets, provides a unique and standardized means of assessing the relative importance of diverse environmental drivers across a range of habitat types at the landscape scale, and is readily applicable elsewhere.

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“…Such studies, together with others (e.g. He et al 2002;Latty et al 2004) showing that legacies of disturbance events may have impacts on ecosystem processes on century time-scales and beyond, suggest that paleoresearch can contribute to developing plans for future conservation. Paleoresearch, embracing long-term perspectives, shows that it is impossible to generalize about the rates, trajectories or degree of recovery from disturbance using only a small number of isolated case studies.…”

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“…(3) Compare the simulation result with the ecological experiment of long-term landscape scale or universal ecological theories. This method is used most widely (He et al, 2002;.…”

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Progress and prospect of research on forest landscape model

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Abstract:The Forest Landscape Model (FLM) is an efficiency tool of quantified expression of forest ecosystem's structure and function. This paper, on the basis of identifying FLM, according to the stage of development, summarizes the development characteristics of the model, which includes the theoretical foundation of mathematical model, FLM of stand-scale, primary development of spatial landscape model, rapid development of ecosystem process model as the priority, and developing period of structure and process driven by multi-factor. According to the characteristics of different FLMs, this paper classifies the existing FLM in terms of mechanism, property and application, and elaborates the identifications, advantages and disadvantages of different types of models. It summarizes and evaluates the main application fields of existing models from two aspects which are the changes of spatial pattern and ecological process. Eventually, this paper presents FLM's challenges and directions of development in the future, including: (1) more prominent service on the practical strategy of forest management's objectives; (2) construction of multi-modules and multi-plugin to satisfy landscape research demand in various conditions; (3) adoption of high resolution's spatial-temporal data; (4) structural construction of multi-version module; (5) improving the spatial suitability of model application.

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A simulation study of landscape scale forest succession in northeastern China

Cited by 67 publications

References 38 publications

Relationships between the species composition of forest field‐layer vegetation and environmental drivers, assessed using a national scale survey

Relationships between the species composition of forest field‐layer vegetation and environmental drivers, assessed using a national scale survey

The Role of People in the Holocene

Progress and prospect of research on forest landscape model

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