 Ecological modeling of riparian vegetation under disturbances: A reviewXiaoguang You, Jingling Liu and Lulu Zhang Ecological Modelling, 2015, vol. 318, issue C, 293-300 Abstract: The composition, structure, and dynamics of riparian vegetation are under great pressure from natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Regarding the riparian vegetation system, how to assess the effects of disturbances on system, analyze schemes of coupled disturbances and vegetation, and identify the significant effects are fundamental basis of corresponding management. This paper reviews the statistical, empirical, and analytical vegetation models, of which the assumptions, logic, and typical applicability are examined aiming at selecting the most appropriate model for a given case. This study suggests the current challenges of riparian vegetation modeling are as follows: (1) How to integrate multiple anthropogenic disturbances in riparian vegetation modeling for management decision support and (2) How to develop models that are suitable for multi-scale vegetation system that can reflect both long- and short-term effects under various disturbances. Keywords: Riparian vegetation; Ecological model; Disturbances; Flow alteration (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:318:y:2015:i:c:p:293-300 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.07.002 Access Statistics for this article Ecological Modelling is currently edited by Brian D. Fath More articles in Ecological Modelling from Elsevier |
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