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June 10, 2003
South Florida Restoration Science Forum

Landscape Synthesis and Ecological Modeling

How can we best describe, understand, and predict ecological changes at the landscape and regional levels?

Poster presented May 1999, at the South Florida Restoration Science Forum

Poster presented by: Dr. Donald L. DeAngelis, USGS

Part 1: Studies at the Landscape Scale Are Necessary

Changes in South Florida's water and nutrient management can significantly alter the Everglades landscape. In response to past management, the Everglades landscape has undergone changes in spatial extent and pattern, hydrologic regime, and fire regime.

image of southern Florida

Spatial Data Collection, Synthesis, and Visualization Are Integrated Using Dynamic Landscape Models

Empirical studies collect data at landscape levels.

Geographic Information Systems visually represent data, helping to find patterns.

Modeling provides a way to synthesize and describe dynamics of landscape processes.


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