Do details matter? Disentangling the processes related to plant species interactions in two grassland models of different complexity

Stephen Björn Wirth, Franziska Taubert, Britta Tietjen, Christoph Müller and Susanne Rolinski

Ecological Modelling, 2021, vol. 460, issue C

Abstract: Biogeochemical models of vegetation dynamics could potentially be used to complement empirical studies on the effect of plant species richness. A key precondition is the simulation of species coexistence. While community scale models regularly incorporate respective processes, models at the field or landscape scale used for larger scale assessments, require additional model development. However, it is unclear how the particular process description within these models affects simulations of species performance and resulting ecosystem functions.

Keywords: Grassland model; Model comparison; Process based modelling; Species interaction; Species traits; Drought (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109737

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