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Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models

1. Understanding the processes that shape forest functioning, structure, and diversity remains challenging, although data on forest systems are being collected at a rapid pace and across scales. Forest models have a long history in bridging data with ecological knowledge and can simulate forest dyna...

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Autores principales: Maréchaux, Isabelle, Langerwisch, Fanny, Huth, Andreas, Bugmann, Harald, Morin, Xavier, Reyer, Christopher P.O., Seidl, Rupert, Collalti, Alessio, Dantas de Paula, Mateus, Fischer, Rico, Gutsch, Martin, Lexer, Manfred J., Lischke, Heike, Rammig, Anja, Rödig, Edna, Sakschewski, Boris, Taubert, Franziska, Thonicke, Kirsten, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Bohn, Friedrich J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8093733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33976773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7391
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author Maréchaux, Isabelle
Langerwisch, Fanny
Huth, Andreas
Bugmann, Harald
Morin, Xavier
Reyer, Christopher P.O.
Seidl, Rupert
Collalti, Alessio
Dantas de Paula, Mateus
Fischer, Rico
Gutsch, Martin
Lexer, Manfred J.
Lischke, Heike
Rammig, Anja
Rödig, Edna
Sakschewski, Boris
Taubert, Franziska
Thonicke, Kirsten
Vacchiano, Giorgio
Bohn, Friedrich J.
author_facet Maréchaux, Isabelle
Langerwisch, Fanny
Huth, Andreas
Bugmann, Harald
Morin, Xavier
Reyer, Christopher P.O.
Seidl, Rupert
Collalti, Alessio
Dantas de Paula, Mateus
Fischer, Rico
Gutsch, Martin
Lexer, Manfred J.
Lischke, Heike
Rammig, Anja
Rödig, Edna
Sakschewski, Boris
Taubert, Franziska
Thonicke, Kirsten
Vacchiano, Giorgio
Bohn, Friedrich J.
author_sort Maréchaux, Isabelle
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description 1. Understanding the processes that shape forest functioning, structure, and diversity remains challenging, although data on forest systems are being collected at a rapid pace and across scales. Forest models have a long history in bridging data with ecological knowledge and can simulate forest dynamics over spatio‐temporal scales unreachable by most empirical investigations. 2. We describe the development that different forest modelling communities have followed to underpin the leverage that simulation models offer for advancing our understanding of forest ecosystems. 3. Using three widely applied but contrasting approaches – species distribution models, individual‐based forest models, and dynamic global vegetation models – as examples, we show how scientific and technical advances have led models to transgress their initial objectives and limitations. We provide an overview of recent model applications on current important ecological topics and pinpoint ten key questions that could, and should, be tackled with forest models in the next decade. 4. Synthesis. This overview shows that forest models, due to their complementarity and mutual enrichment, represent an invaluable toolkit to address a wide range of fundamental and applied ecological questions, hence fostering a deeper understanding of forest dynamics in the context of global change.
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spelling pubmed-80937332021-05-10 Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models Maréchaux, Isabelle Langerwisch, Fanny Huth, Andreas Bugmann, Harald Morin, Xavier Reyer, Christopher P.O. Seidl, Rupert Collalti, Alessio Dantas de Paula, Mateus Fischer, Rico Gutsch, Martin Lexer, Manfred J. Lischke, Heike Rammig, Anja Rödig, Edna Sakschewski, Boris Taubert, Franziska Thonicke, Kirsten Vacchiano, Giorgio Bohn, Friedrich J. Ecol Evol Reviews 1. Understanding the processes that shape forest functioning, structure, and diversity remains challenging, although data on forest systems are being collected at a rapid pace and across scales. Forest models have a long history in bridging data with ecological knowledge and can simulate forest dynamics over spatio‐temporal scales unreachable by most empirical investigations. 2. We describe the development that different forest modelling communities have followed to underpin the leverage that simulation models offer for advancing our understanding of forest ecosystems. 3. Using three widely applied but contrasting approaches – species distribution models, individual‐based forest models, and dynamic global vegetation models – as examples, we show how scientific and technical advances have led models to transgress their initial objectives and limitations. We provide an overview of recent model applications on current important ecological topics and pinpoint ten key questions that could, and should, be tackled with forest models in the next decade. 4. Synthesis. This overview shows that forest models, due to their complementarity and mutual enrichment, represent an invaluable toolkit to address a wide range of fundamental and applied ecological questions, hence fostering a deeper understanding of forest dynamics in the context of global change. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8093733/ /pubmed/33976773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7391 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Reviews
Maréchaux, Isabelle
Langerwisch, Fanny
Huth, Andreas
Bugmann, Harald
Morin, Xavier
Reyer, Christopher P.O.
Seidl, Rupert
Collalti, Alessio
Dantas de Paula, Mateus
Fischer, Rico
Gutsch, Martin
Lexer, Manfred J.
Lischke, Heike
Rammig, Anja
Rödig, Edna
Sakschewski, Boris
Taubert, Franziska
Thonicke, Kirsten
Vacchiano, Giorgio
Bohn, Friedrich J.
Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models
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title_fullStr Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models
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title_short Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models
title_sort tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: the past and future role of simulation models
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8093733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33976773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7391
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