Computer Modeling

Ecologists develop computer models to predict what will grow in the forest if flooding or other factors change. Such models help predict the effects of water-level management on greentree reservoirs in national wildlife refuges. Models can help managers maintain wetland forests in areas undergoing rapid subsidence and saltwater intrusion from sea-level rise and are subject to recurring hurricane disturbance. Such areas include those containing coastal pine, hardwood, and mangrove systems of the Gulf of Mexico region.

Research

Development of an Ecosystem Model of Vegetation Succession and Surface Water Management for Mississippi River Deltaic Wetlands (Dr. Thomas W. Doyle)
Modeling and Detecting the Effects of Fire and Hurricane Disturbance on Coastal Wetland Systems: Solving Problems of Scale and Hierarchy (Dr. Thomas W. Doyle)
Modeling Landscape Structure and Effects of Wetland Forest Management Practices on Wildlife (Drs. Jacoby Carter and Wylie Barrow)
Modeling Mangrove Community and Disturbance Regimes for the South Florida Biogeographical Area (Dr. Thomas W. Doyle)
Modeling the Effects of Nutria (Myocastor coypus) on Wetland Loss (Dr. Jacoby Carter and Lori Johnson-Randall)
- Download Nutria-Marsh Biomass-Marsh Area Loss Model.
Process Modeling of Wetland Systems, Form, and Function: An Integrated Hierarchial Approach (Dr. Thomas W. Doyle)
Review and Synthesis of Dynamic Simulation Models for Predicting Global Climate Change Effects (Dr. Thomas W. Doyle)

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