1. General Model Information
Name: Forests of Eastern Tennessee
Acronym: FORET
Main medium: terrestrial
Main subject: forestry
Organization level: ecosystem
Type of model: not specified
Main application: research, decision support/expert system
Keywords: forest succession, composition of species, gap model
Contact:
Herman H. Shugart
Department of Environmental Sciences
346 Clark Hall
The University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Phone: 804-924-7642
Fax: 804-924-4761
email: hhs@virginia.edu
Homepage: http://www.gecp.virginia.edu/staff/shugart\shugart.html
Author(s):
Shugart, H.H. and D.C. West
Abstract:
The forest stand growth simulator FORET was developed by adapting the
northeastern forest growth model
JABOWA
for modeling the diverse forests of the southern United States. Several major
modifications were made:
- Installation of additional subroutines: SPROUT (simulates stump and root
sprouting) was installed, because vegetative reproduction can be the dominant
mode of reproduction, particulary for hardwood species. GAUSS (a normal random
number generator) returns a value of DEGD (growing degree days).
- Removal of subroutines SITE (produced indices of the quality of the site
for growing trees) and CUT (simulation of tree logging).
- Other modifications: increase in the number of tree species from 13 to 33
and change from 10 m x 10 m square plot to circular plot with size of 1/12 ha.
II. Technical Information
II.1 Executables:
Operating System(s):
II.2 Source-code:
Programming Language(s): FORTRAN
II.3 Manuals:
II.4 Data:
III. Mathematical Information
III.1 Mathematics
III.2 Quantities
III.2.1 Input
Light, temperature and stand density
III.2.2 Output
IV. References
Shugart, H.H. and D.C. West. 1977.Development of an Appalachian Deciduous Forest Succession Model and its application to assessment of the impact of the chestnut blight.
J. Environ. Manage., 5: 161-179
H.H. Shugart 1984. A Theory of Forest Dynamics: The Ecological Implications of Forest Succession Models (1984) Springer-Verlag, New York. 278 pp.
Shao, G., S. Zhao and H.H. Shugart. 1996. Forest Dynamics Modeling - Preliminary Explanations of Optimizing Management of Korean Pine Forests [in Chinese]. Chinese Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 159 pp.
Shugart, H.H. 1998. Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 537 pp.
V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web
VI. Additional remarks
Last review of this document by: Juergen Bierwirth 19.03.2001
Status of the document:
last modified by
Tobias Gabele Wed Aug 21 21:44:43 CEST 2002