Modelling forest dynamics with vital attributes and fuzzy systems theory

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-173

  Roberts, David W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Fuzzy logic; Vegetation dynamics; Vital attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268173     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00163-8     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Botkin, D.B., Janak, J.F. and Wallis, J.R., 1972. Some ecological consequences of a computer model of forest growth. J. Ecol., 60: 849-873.
2. Caswell, H. and Cohen, J.E., 1991. Communities in patchy environments: a model of disturbance, competition, and heterogeneity. In: J. Kolasa and S.T.A. Pickett (Editors), Ecological Heterogeneity. Ecological Studies Vol. 86. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 97-122.
3. Cattelino, P.J., Noble, I.R., Slatyer, R.O. and Kessell, S.R., 1979. Predicting the multiple pathways of succession. Environ. Manage., 3: 41-50.
4. Connell, J.H., 1978. Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Science, 199: 1302-1310.
5. Connell, J.H. and Slatyer, R.O., 1977. Mechanisms of succession in natural communities and their role in community stability and organization. Am. Nat., 111: 1119-1144.
6. Denslow, J.S., 1980. Patterns of plant species diversity during succession under different disturbance regimes. Oecologia, 46: 18-21.
7. Gill, A.M., 1975. Fire and the Australian flora: a review. Aust. For., 38: 4-25.
8. Horn, H.S., 1976., Succession. In: R.M. May, Theoretical Ecology. Principles and Practice. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 187-204.
9. Huschle, G. and Hironaka, M., 1980. Classification and ordination of seral plant communities. J. Range Manage., 33: 179-182.
10. Johnson, E.A. and Van Wagner, C.E., 1985. The theory and use of two fire history models. Can. J. For. Res., 15: 214-220.
11. Keane, R.F., Arno, S.F. and Brown, J.K., 1990. Simulating cumulative fire effects in ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests. Ecology, 71: 189-203.
12. Kercher, J.R. and Axelrod, M.C., 1984. A process model of fire ecology and succession in a mixed conifer forest. Ecology, 65: 1725-1742.
13. Malanson, G.P., 1987. Diversity, stability, and resilience: Effects of fire regime. In: L. Trabaud (Editor), The Role of Fire in Ecological Systems. SPB Academic, The Hague, pp. 49-63.
14. Miller, T.E., 1982. Community diversity and interactions between the size and frequency of disturbance. Am. Nat., 120: 533-536.
15. Moir, W.H. and Ludwig, J.A., 1979. A classification of spruce-fir and mixed-conifer habitat types of Arizona and New Mexico. USDA For. Serv. Rocky Mtn. For. and Range Exp. Stn. Res. Paper RM-207, 47 pp.
16. Moore, A.D. and Noble, I.R., 1990. An individualistic model of vegetation stand dynamics. J. Environ. Manage., 31: 61-81.
17. Noble, I.R. and Slatyer, R.O., 1977. Post fire succession of plants in Mediterranean ecosystems. In: H.A. Mooney and C.E. Conrad (Editors), Proc. Symp. Environmental Consequences of Fire and Fuel Management in Mediterranean Ecosystems. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-3, pp. 27-39.
18. Noble, I.R. and Slatyer, R.O., 1980. The use of vital attributes to predict successional changes in plant communities subject to recurrent disturbance. Vegetatio, 43: 5-21.
19. Roberts, D.W., 1989. Fuzzy systems vegetation theory. Vegetatio, 83: 71-80.
20. Roberts, D.W., 1996. Landscape vegetation modelling with vital attributes and fuzzy systems theory. Ecol. Model., 90: 175-184.
21. Shugart, H.H., 1984. A Theory of Forest Dynamics: The Ecological Implications of Forest Succession Models. Springer, New York, 278 pp.
22. Steele, R., 1984. An approach to classifying seral vegetation within habitat types. Northwest Sci., 58: 29-39.
23. Stein, S.J., 1988a. Explanations of the imbalanced age structure and scattered distribution of ponderosa pine within a high-elevation mixed-conifer forest. For. Ecol. Manage., 25: 139-153.
24. Stein, S.J., 1988b. Fire history of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah. Great Basin Nat., 48: 58-63.
25. Weaver, H., 1974. Effects of fire on temperate forests: Western United States. In: T.T. Kozlowski and C.E. Ahlgren (Editors), Fire and Ecosystems. Academic Press, New York, pp. 279-319.
26. Youngblood, A.P. and Mauk, R.P., 1985. Coniferous forest habitat types of central and southern Utah. USDA For. Serv. Intermt. For. and Range Exp. Stn. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-187, 89pp.