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The Simulation of Landscape Fire, Climate, and Ecosystem Dynamics

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Book cover Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 160))

Conclusion

Acomprehensive, mechanistic simulation of wildland fire and ecosystem dynamics across a landscape may not be possible because of computer limitations, inadequate research, inconsistent data, and extensive parameterization. Therefore empirical and stochastic approaches must be substituted for many mechanistic modules until research and technology improve. Unfortunately, nonmechanistic approaches limit the scope and applicability of spatial ecosystem process models. Ecosystem dynamics models need to be refined so that appropriate compartments that model fire spread and effects are explicitly represented in their structure. Landscape disturbance models need to simulate fire growth unconstrained by vegetation polygon delineations. Most important, these models must be designed in the context of the simulation objective to ensure that appropriate simulation modules are included.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0260, USA

    Thomas T. Veblen

  2. Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA

    William L. Baker

  3. Departmento de Ciencias Vegetales Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago, Chile

    Gloria Montenegro

  4. Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Thomas W. Swetnam

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Keane, R.E., Finney, M.A. (2003). The Simulation of Landscape Fire, Climate, and Ecosystem Dynamics. In: Veblen, T.T., Baker, W.L., Montenegro, G., Swetnam, T.W. (eds) Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas. Ecological Studies, vol 160. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21710-X_2

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