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MAPSS Home > About Us > Dynamic Vegetation Models
About Us: Dynamic Vegetation Models (DVMs)
Ecosystem models developed in the past to assess the effects of climate and land use changes have generally fallen into two categories:
- Biogeochemistry models that simulate the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles
- Biogeography models (i.e., MAPSS) that predict vegetation distribution under varying climates
The integration of biogeogeography and biogeochemistry models into transient
models (dynamic vegetation models) that could illustrate real-time ecological
effects of climate change has been an important next step in model development.
Two such models are under construction by the MAPSS research team:
These new dynamic vegetation models will be useful for exploring management options at all scales from landscape to regional, national, and global.
US Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station, Mapped
Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System Study
Last Modified: Monday, 17 March 2008 at 13:06:47 EDT