Process-based modeling of grassland dynamics built on ecological indicator values for land use

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3854-3868

  Siehoff, Silvana ^a   Lennartz, Gottfried ^a   Heilburg, Ira C ^a   Roß Nickoll, Martina ^a   Ratte, Hans Toni ^a   Preuss, Thomas G ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support system; GIS; Grassland management; Process based; Raster based; Succession; Utilization values

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; COMPETITIVE POWER; CURRENT MODELS; DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FINE RESOLUTION; GENERAL PATTERNS; INPUT DATAS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE MODEL; LOW RESOLUTION; MODEL APPROACH; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL TESTING; NATIONAL PARKS; PROCESS-BASED; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; RASTER MAP; RASTER-BASED; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SPECIFIC LOCATION; SUCCESSION; SUCCESSION MODEL; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS; THREE PARAMETERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; PARKS;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GIS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 80755189690     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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