A hierarchical, multi-scale, management-responsive model of Mediterranean vegetation dynamics

Gili Koniak and Imanuel Noy-Meir

Ecological Modelling, 2009, vol. 220, issue 8, 1148-1158

Abstract: Ecosystems of the Mediterranean basin are characterized by a heterogeneous and dynamic landscape mosaic of vegetation formations. This landscape has been shaped over millenia by disturbances associated with agropastoral land use: clearing, grazing and burning, and by regeneration processes of the natural woody vegetation. The ability to predict the effects of management decisions on the structure and composition of the vegetation is essential for present and future land management. To improve this ability we developed a hierarchical multi-scale, management-responsive model of vegetation dynamics.

Keywords: State and transition; Simulation; Grazing; Fire; Disturbance; Succession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.036

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