Landscape Simulation Modeling

Author : Robert Costanza,Alexey Voinov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387215556

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Landscape Simulation Modeling by Robert Costanza,Alexey Voinov Pdf

The world consists of many complex systems, ranging from our own bodies to ecosystems to economic systems. Despite their diversity, complex systems have many structural and functional features in common that can be effectively si- lated using powerful, user-friendly software. As a result, virtually anyone can - plore the nature of complex systems and their dynamical behavior under a range of assumptions and conditions. This ability to model dynamic systems is already having a powerful influence on teaching and studying complexity. The books in this series will promote this revolution in “systems thinking” by integrating computational skills of numeracy and techniques of dynamic mod- ing into a variety of disciplines. The unifying theme across the series will be the power and simplicity of the model-building process, and all books are designed to engage the reader in developing their own models for exploration of the dyn- ics of systems that are of interest to them. Modeling Dynamic Systems does not endorse any particular modeling paradigm or software. Rather, the volumes in the series will emphasize simplicity of lea- ing, expressive power, and the speed of execution as priorities that will facilitate deeper system understanding.

Author : Robert Costanza,Alexey Voinov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475780524

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Landscape Simulation Modeling by Robert Costanza,Alexey Voinov Pdf

The world consists of many complex systems, ranging from our own bodies to ecosystems to economic systems. Despite their diversity, complex systems have many structural and functional features in common that can be effectively si- lated using powerful, user-friendly software. As a result, virtually anyone can - plore the nature of complex systems and their dynamical behavior under a range of assumptions and conditions. This ability to model dynamic systems is already having a powerful influence on teaching and studying complexity. The books in this series will promote this revolution in “systems thinking” by integrating computational skills of numeracy and techniques of dynamic mod- ing into a variety of disciplines. The unifying theme across the series will be the power and simplicity of the model-building process, and all books are designed to engage the reader in developing their own models for exploration of the dyn- ics of systems that are of interest to them. Modeling Dynamic Systems does not endorse any particular modeling paradigm or software. Rather, the volumes in the series will emphasize simplicity of lea- ing, expressive power, and the speed of execution as priorities that will facilitate deeper system understanding.

Author : Ajith H. Perera,Brian R. Sturtevant,Lisa J. Buse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319198095

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Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances by Ajith H. Perera,Brian R. Sturtevant,Lisa J. Buse Pdf

Forest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems. This book contains a collection of insights from a group of ecologists who address a variety of processes: physical disturbances such as drought, wind, and fire; biological disturbances such as defoliating insects and bark beetles; anthropogenic influences; interactions among disturbances; effects of climate change on disturbances; and the recovery of forest landscapes from disturbances—all from a simulation modeling perspective. These discussions and examples offer a broad synopsis of the state of this rapidly evolving subject.

Author : Robert M. Scheller,Melissa S. Lucash,David J. Mladenoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Forest landscape management
ISBN : 1499216246

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Forecasting Forested Landscapes: an Introduction to LANDIS-II with Exercises by Robert M. Scheller,Melissa S. Lucash,David J. Mladenoff Pdf

Our ultimate goal is to provide users with an overview of simulation modeling and provide concrete examples of how to use a forest landscape simulation model for research or planning purposes. Hence this book has multiple purposes: First, we provide a general introduction to using sophisticated simulation models to project changes across forested landscapes. Second, we give an overview of the LANDIS-II landscape simulation model, a widely used forest landscape change model. Finally, we provide exercises so the user can gain familiarity with a forest landscape simulation model - specifically LANDIS-II.

Author : Anouschka R. Hof,Miguel Montoro Girona,Marie-Josee Fortin,Junior A. Tremblay
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889719761

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Using Landscape Simulation Models to Help Balance Conflicting Goals in Changing Forests by Anouschka R. Hof,Miguel Montoro Girona,Marie-Josee Fortin,Junior A. Tremblay Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forest landscape management
ISBN : MINN:31951D02977013Y

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Methods for Integrated Modeling of Landscape Change by Anonim Pdf

The Interior Northwest Landscape Analysis System (INLAS) links a number of resource, disturbance, and landscape simulations models to examine the interactions of vegetative succession, management, and disturbance with policy goals. The effects of natural disturbance like wildfire, herbivory, forest insects and diseases, as well as specific management actions are included. The outputs from simulations illustrate potential changes in aquatic conditions and terrestrial habitat, potential for wood utilization, and socioeconomic opportunities. The 14 chapters of this document outline the current state of knowledge in each of the areas covered by the INLAS project and describe the objectives and organization of the project. The project explores ways to integrate the effects of natural disturbances and management into planning and policy analyses; illustrate potential conflicts among current policies, natural distrubances, and management activities; and explore the policy, economics, and ecological constraints associated with the application of effective fuel treatments on midscale landscapes in the interior Northwest.

Author : Robert Scheller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1722654929

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Forecasting Forested Landscape 5th Edition by Robert Scheller Pdf

Our goal for this book is to provide users with an overview of simulation modeling generally, the LANDIS model specifically, and to provide concrete examples of how to use a forest landscape simulation model for research or planning purposes. Hence this book has multiple purposes: First, we provide a general introduction to using sophisticated simulation models to project changes across forested landscapes. Second, we give an overview of the LANDIS-II landscape simulation model, a widely used forest landscape change model. Finally, we provide exercises so the user can gain familiarity with a forest landscape simulation model - specifically LANDIS-II.

Author : James D. Westervelt,Gordon L. Cohen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461412571

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Ecologist-Developed Spatially-Explicit Dynamic Landscape Models by James D. Westervelt,Gordon L. Cohen Pdf

This book is written for ecologists interested in capturing their understandings of how natural systems work in software – to help inform their work and communicate the consequences of proposed management plans. Historically, ecologists had to rely on the skills of trained computer programmers to modeling natural systems, but now a new generation of software is allowing ecologists to directly capture their understandings of systems in software. This book is a compilation of spatially explicit simulation models developed by ecologists and planners without any formal computer programming skills. Readers will be inspired to believe that they too can create similar models of the systems with which they are familiar.

Author : Howard Randal Gimblett,Hans Skov-Peterson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0816527296

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Monitoring, Simulation, and Management of Visitor Landscapes by Howard Randal Gimblett,Hans Skov-Peterson Pdf

"Conventional methods used in the planning and management of human-landscape interactions fall far short of the needs of today s land management professionals. Monitoring, Simulation, and Management of Visitor Landscapes presents a growing body of applied research that provides decision makers with tools to maintain the ecological integrity of public places by evaluating the impacts of humans in various landscapes across space and time." "This will help land managers and policy makers construct strategies for evaluating interactions between humans and the environment and expand the model of land management to include social and geographic, as well as environmental, factors."--Jacket.

Author : David J. Mladenoff,William L. Baker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 052163122X

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Spatial Modeling of Forest Landscape Change by David J. Mladenoff,William L. Baker Pdf

Key researchers present newly emerging approaches to computer simulation models of large, forest landscapes.

Author : Robert E. Keane
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000732559

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Applying Ecosystem and Landscape Models in Natural Resource Management by Robert E. Keane Pdf

Managing today’s lands is becoming an increasingly difficult task. Complex ecological interactions across multiple spatiotemporal scales create diverse landscape responses to management actions that are often novel, counter-intuitive and unexpected. To make matters worse, exotic invasions, human land use, and global climate change complicate this complexity and make past observational ecological studies limited in application to the future. Natural resource professionals can no longer rely on empirical data to analyze alternative actions in a world that is rapidly changing with few historical analogs. New tools are needed to synthesize the high complexity in ecosystem dynamics into useful applications for land management. Some of the best new tools available for this task are ecological and landscape simulation models. However, many land management professionals and scientists have little expertise in simulation modeling, and the costs of training these people will probably be exorbitantly high because most ecosystem and landscape models are exceptionally complicated and difficult to understand and use for local applications. This book was written to provide natural resource professionals with the rudimentary knowledge needed to properly use ecological models and then to interpret their results. It is based on the lessons learned from a career spent modeling ecological systems. It is intended as a reference for novice modelers to learn how to correctly employ ecosystem landscape models in natural resource management applications and to understand subsequent modeling results.

Author : Russell S. Harmon,William W. Doe III
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461505754

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Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling by Russell S. Harmon,William W. Doe III Pdf

Landscapes are characterized by a wide variation, both spatially and temporally, of tolerance and response to natural processes and anthropogenic stress. These tolerances and responses can be analyzed through individual landscape parameters, such as soils, vegetation, water, etc., or holistically through ecosystem or watershed studies. However, such approaches are both time consuming and costly. Soil erosion and landscape evolution modeling provide a simulation environment in which both the short- and long-term consequences of land-use activities and alternative land use strategies can be compared and evaluated. Such models provide the foundation for the development of land management decision support systems. Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling is a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary volume addressing the broad theme of soil erosion and landscape evolution modeling from different philosophical and technical approaches, ranging from those developed from considerations of first-principle soil/water physics and mechanics to those developed empirically according to sets of behavioral or empirical rules deriving from field observations and measurements. The validation and calibration of models through field studies is also included. This volume will be essential reading for researchers in earth, environmental and ecosystem sciences, hydrology, civil engineering, forestry, soil science, agriculture and climate change studies. In addition, it will have direct relevance to the public and private land management communities.

Author : Bradley Cantrell,Natalie Yates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118170335

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Modeling the Environment by Bradley Cantrell,Natalie Yates Pdf

A single-source guide to harnessing the power of 3D visualization tools for analysis and representation of landscapes Current technology allows designers to model environmental phenomena and space in new and exciting ways that go beyond the two-dimensional plane. The models, illustrations, and animations that can be created usher in a new paradigm of landscape representation that can become analytical tools as well as beautiful imagery. The text focuses on digital modeling methods that can be used to express rich environments using digital tools to develop, composite, and animate scenes. This full-color book provides coverage of 3D visualization tools for land planning and landscape architecture. The methods and theories in Modeling the Environment present landscape representation around a core set of ideas scene, object, terrain, environment/atmosphere, time/dynamics, and the composite that centers representation on human experience. Supported by www.lab.visual-logic.com, a website offering tutorials and forums, the text shows you how to use Autodesk 3ds Max to create dynamic landscape environments while also referring to a range of other tools including Google SketchUp, Autodesk Maya, and AutoCAD Civil 3D. It also demonstrates how to integrate 3D visualization tools into existing workflows, and offers critical coverage of intelligent drawings and representations, giving you a glimpse at the future of the profession. This book: Includes sections intended to build upon one another in order to understand the environment as a composite representation of multiple systems interacting Shows how to integrate 3D visualization tools into existing workflows, as opposed to offering an entirely new workflow Emphasizes modeling, animation, and simulation as both design analysis tools and presentation tools Modeling the Environment is essential reading for professionals in landscape architecture, urban planning and design, architecture, and related disciplines who are looking to be at the forefront of technology.

Author : James D. Westervelt,Gordon L. Cohen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461412587

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Ecologist-Developed Spatially-Explicit Dynamic Landscape Models by James D. Westervelt,Gordon L. Cohen Pdf

This book is written for ecologists interested in capturing their understandings of how natural systems work in software – to help inform their work and communicate the consequences of proposed management plans. Historically, ecologists had to rely on the skills of trained computer programmers to modeling natural systems, but now a new generation of software is allowing ecologists to directly capture their understandings of systems in software. This book is a compilation of spatially explicit simulation models developed by ecologists and planners without any formal computer programming skills. Readers will be inspired to believe that they too can create similar models of the systems with which they are familiar.

Author : James Westervelt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461301974

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Simulation Modeling for Watershed Management by James Westervelt Pdf

A discussion of the role of modeling in the management process, with an overview of state-of-the-art modeling applications. The first chapters provide a background on the benefits and costs of modeling and on the ecological basis of models, using historical applications as examples, while the second section describes the latest models from a wide selection of environmental disciplines. Since management frequently requires the integration of knowledge from many different areas, both single discipline and multidiscipline models are discussed in detail, and the author emphasizes the importance of understanding the issues and alternatives in choosing, applying, and evaluating models. Land and watershed managers as well as students of forestry, park management, regional planing and agriculture will find this a thorough and practical introduction to all aspects of modeling.