Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4375901 | Ecological Modelling | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The number of groups turned out to be an important characteristic of the model which influences its results on a fundamental level. Steady-states characteristics of forests like stem-numbers and stem-size distributions can be successfully simulated with even a single species group while modeling the long-term dynamics requires a higher number of groups. On the downside, a higher number of groups makes parameterization and fitting of the model more difficult. We conclude that the number of species groups is a vital characteristic of a forest model which has far-reaching consequences for its results and needs to be chosen with care.
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Authors
Martin Kazmierczak, Thorsten Wiegand, Andreas Huth,