Conifer, a Model of Carbon and Water Flow Through a Coniferous Forest

Conifer, a Model of Carbon and Water Flow Through a Coniferous Forest
Author: Coniferous Forest Biome Modeling Group
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1977
Genre: Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
ISBN:

CONIFER simulates water, carbon, and energy dynamics of a coniferous forest. The model consists of 29 nonlinear difference equations. Driving variables include air temperature, dew point temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, and wind speed. Water and energy variables are updated daily; carbon variables are updated weekly. This report contains a detailed description of the model including all equations, parameter values, and initial conditions. Cross-reference tables list the equations in which each variable and parameter appear. Listings of the driving variable data, computer implementation, and corresponding output are also provided. Information sources and model behavior are discussed elsewhere.

Analysis of Ecological Systems: State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling

Analysis of Ecological Systems: State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling
Author: W.K. Lauenroth
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 995
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0444597654

The International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) sponsors conferences, workshops and training courses with the aim of advancing the development of ecological and environmental modelling. The 3rd International Conference on the state-of-the-art in ecological modelling was sponsored by the ISEM in cooperation with the National Park Service Water Resources Laboratory and hosted by the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University. Its theme was the application of ecological modelling to environmental management and this book contains the full texts of the three invited papers presented in the five general sessions, plus the final summaries and syntheses of the topics covered during those sessions.

Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling

Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
Author: Gordon Bonan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108611397

Climate models have evolved into Earth system models with representation of the physics, chemistry, and biology of terrestrial ecosystems. This companion book to Gordon Bonan's Ecological Climatology: Concepts and Applications, Third Edition, builds on the concepts introduced there, and provides the mathematical foundation upon which to develop and understand ecosystem models and their relevance for these Earth system models. The book bridges the disciplinary gap among land surface models developed by atmospheric scientists; biogeochemical models, dynamic global vegetation models, and ecosystem demography models developed by ecologists; and ecohydrology models developed by hydrologists. Review questions, supplemental code, and modeling projects are provided, to aid with understanding how the equations are used. The book is an invaluable guide to climate change and terrestrial ecosystem modeling for graduate students and researchers in climate change, climatology, ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, meteorology, environmental science, mathematical modeling, and environmental biophysics.

Dynamic Properties of Forest Ecosystems

Dynamic Properties of Forest Ecosystems
Author: David E. Reichle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 750
Release: 1981-03-26
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521225083

This volume brings together different 'schools' of ecological investigation of woodlands. After a description of the structure and floristic composition of the research sites, involving a comparison of boreal, temperate, Mediterranean and tropical forest, the study goes on to consider the dynamic aspects of the woodland formation.

Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment

Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment
Author: Robert A. Pastorok
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420032321

Expanding the risk assessment toolbox, this book provides a comprehensive and practical evaluation of specific ecological models for potential use in risk assessment. Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment: Chemical Effects on Populations, Ecosystems, and Landscapes goes beyond current risk assessment practices for toxic chemicals as applied to individual-organism endpoints to describe ecological effects models useful at the population, ecosystem, and landscape levels. The authors demonstrate the utility of a set of ecological effects models, eventually improving the ecological relevance of risk assessments and making data collection more cost effective.