Global Vegetation Dynamics E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Geophysical Monograph Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 568

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Global Vegetation Dynamics: Concepts and Applications in MC1 model describes the creation in the mid 1990s, architecture, uses, and limitations of the MC1 dynamic global vegetation model (DGVM) that is being used by an increasing number of research groups around the world. The scientific foundation of most models is often poorly documented and difficult to access, and a centralized source of information for MC1, including the complete list of over eighty papers and reports with MC1 results will be useful to scientists and users who want to better understand the model and the output it generates. 

Global Vegetation Dynamics: Concepts and Applications in MC1 model will be a valuable resource for students and researchers in the fields of climate change science, conservation science, biogeochemistry and ecology, as well as for land managers looking for a better understanding of the projections of climate change impacts and of the tools that have been developed to produce them.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

COVER

TITLE PAGE

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Part I: General Description of the Model MC1

1 History and General Description of the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model MC1

ABSTRACT

1.1. MODEL HISTORY

1.2. MC1 MODEL DESCRIPTION

1.3. INPUT DATA

1.4. MC1 RUN PROTOCOL

1.5. THE FIRE FORECAST MODEL

1.6. THE NEXT GENERATION; MC2, C++ IMPLEMENTATION

REFERENCES

2 Historical Climate and Suppression Effects on Simulated Fire and Carbon Dynamics in the Conterminous United States

ABSTRACT

2.1. INTRODUCTION

2.2. METHODS

2.3. RESULTS

2.4. DISCUSSION

2.5. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

3 Challenges and Limitations of Using a DGVM for Local to Regional Applications

ABSTRACT

3.1. INTRODUCTION

3.2. SCALE-RELATED CHALLENGES

3.3. OTHER MORE GENERAL (LESS SCALE-DEPENDENT) CHALLENGES

3.4. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

4 The Making of a Dynamic General Vegetation Model, MC1

ABSTRACT

4.1. RATIONALE FOR BUILDING DYNAMIC GLOBAL VEGEGATION MODELS

4.2. GENERAL CONCEPT USED TO BUILD DYNAMIC GLOBAL VEGETATION MODELS

4.3. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON BIOGEOGRAPHY

4.4. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

4.5. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON DISTURBANCE

4.6. DGVM CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION

4.7. SCALING ISSUES: VEGETATION CHANGE, WILDFIRES, AND COARSE CLIMATE GRIDS

4.8. CONCLUSIONS–CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Part II: Examples of Projects Using MC1 at Various Spatial Scales

5 A Brief Description of the VINCERA Project; Vulnerability and Impacts of North American Forests to Climate Change: Ecosystem Responses and Adaptation

ABSTRACT

5.1. INTRODUCTION

5.2. METHODS

5.3. RESULTS

5.4. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

6 Continent-wide Simulations of a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model over the United States and Canada under Nine AR4 Future Scenarios

ABSTRACT

6.1. INTRODUCTION

6.2. METHODS

6.3. RESULTS

6.4. DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

7 Drivers of Future Ecosystem Change in the US Pacific Northwest

ABSTRACT

7.1. INTRODUCTION

7.2. METHODS

7.3. RESULTS

7.4. DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

8 Application of MC1 to Wind Cave National Park

ABSTRACT

8.1. INTRODUCTION

8.2. METHODS

8.3. RESULTS

8.4. DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

9 Simulating Effects of Climate and Vegetation Change on Distributions of Martens and Fishers in the Sierra Nevada, California, Using Maxent and MC1

9.1. INTRODUCTION