ForClim

ForClim is a cohort-based model that was developed to analyze successional pathways of various forest types in Central Europe. Following the standard approach of gap models ForClim simulates the establishment; growth and mortality of trees on multiple independent patches (typically n = 200) in annual time steps to derive regional-scale stand dynamics. ForClim is currently parameterized for ca. 180 tree species dominant of temperate forests worldwide. The model has been tested comprehensively for the representation of natural forest dynamics of temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere, with an emphasis on European forests. ForClim may be freely used under the terms of the "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3" license.

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Funding Information:

This work was supported by:
  • EU Project FP7 IMPRESSIONS (Grant/Award: 603416)
  • Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI (Grant/Award: C14.0046)

Related Publications

  • Nica Huber, Bugmann, H.and Lafond, V. (2020) Capturing ecological processes in dynamic forest models: why there is no silver bullet to cope with complexity. Ecosphere 11(5):e03109. 10.1002/ecs2.3109

  • Livia Rasche, Fahse, L., Zingg, A., Bugmann, H. (2012) Enhancing gap model accuracy by modeling dynamic height growth and dynamic maximum tree height. Ecological Modelling, 232:133-143. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.03.004

  • Harald Bugmann (1996), A Simplified Forest Model to Study Species Composition Along Climate Gradients. Ecology, 77: 2055-2074. 10.2307/2265700

Citation:

Huber, Nica; Bugmann, Harald; Lafond, Valentine (2020). ForClim. Forest Ecology OpenAccess.

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  • Email: nica.huberfoo(at)wsl.ch Given Name: Nica Family Name: Huber Affiliation: Remote Sensing, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland DataCRediT: Software, Publication
  • Email: harald.bugmannfoo(at)env.ethz.ch ORCID: 0000-0003-4233-0094 Given Name: Harald Family Name: Bugmann Affiliation: Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich DataCRediT: Software, Publication, Supervision
  • Email: valentine.lafondfoo(at)ubc.ca ORCID: 0000-0002-1160-7129 Given Name: Valentine Family Name: Lafond Affiliation: Faculty of Forestry, Dep of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada DataCRediT: Publication
Contact Person Given Name: Syed Hussain Family Name: Abbas Email: hussain.abbasfoo(at)usys.ethz.ch Affiliation: Forest Ecology, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich
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Publication Publisher: Forest Ecology OpenAccess Year: 2020
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  • Type: Created Date: 1994-01-01
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Last Updated December 4, 2020, 12:08 (UTC)
Created December 4, 2020, 10:11 (UTC)

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