913339 Modelling of mountain forest ecosystems (in Eng.)

Art
Vorlesung und Seminar
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Leiter, Mathias , Hasenauer, Hubert , Pucher, Christoph , Lexer, Manfred Josef , Neumann, Mathias
Organisation
Angeboten im Semester
Wintersemester 2024/25
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

The role of models in the decision making process; different modeling concepts (growth and yield models, vegetation dynamics models, static distribution models, biogeochemical models, physiological models); strengths and weaknesses of modeling approaches/model variants; selecting appropriate modeling approaches for specific situations; model evaluation approaches; application examples and active use of existing models.
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

Basic computer skills are needed
Lehrziel

Forest ecosystem models are designed to reproduce, quantify and describe forest ecosystem processes and to support forest management decisions. Conflicting interests such as simplicity, observability and biological realism must be addressed to ensure a well balanced modeling approach. Depending on the background of the model developer and the subject matter of interest, three major modeling concepts have been developed and successfully applied within forest ecosystem modeling: (1) Management models, (2) Succession models and (3) Biogeochemical models (BGC-Models). The objective of this class is to introduce the different concepts, explain the main components, address advantages and disadvantages in assessing specific end-user needs and perform simulation examples using existing models.
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