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Spatial structure: a way to understand the dynamics and to model the growth of mixed stands

Authors :
Ngo Bieng, Marie Ange
Écosystèmes forestiers et paysages (UR EFNO)
Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF)
Irstea Publications, Migration
Source :
Fifth Workshop IUFRO 5.01.04 Working Party « Connection between Forest Resources and Wood Quality: Modelling Approaches and Simulation Software», Waiheke Island Resort Auckland, NZL, 20-27 November 2005, Fifth Workshop IUFRO 5.01.04 Working Party « Connection between Forest Resources and Wood Quality: Modelling Approaches and Simulation Software», Waiheke Island Resort Auckland, NZL, 20-27 November 2005, 2005, pp.1
Publication Year :
2005
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2005.

Abstract

The aim of this poster communication presented at the fifth workshop IUFRO 5.01.04 WP is to show how spatial structure analysis can be used to improve our knowledge of heterogeneous forest and to provide some perspectives for their modelling. In order to answer this question, we applied an analysis of spatial structure to a mixed stand of Oak and Scots pine from French Centre area. We used the classical Ripley function L(r), and intertype function L12(r) to characterise the specific spatial structure of each population, and the structure of the interaction between populations. We then used the results of this analysis to build a typology of these stands. We identified four main types, and used the general observed spatial structures to make assumptions about ecological processes and historical factors influencing the dynamics of these stands. In a second step, we used the typology in order to build a model of the spatial structure, that can simulate realistic virtuals stands from data at the stand scale classically used by forests managers. We finally discuss the advantages of using such realistic virtual stands as initial states for distance dependant individual based models, when simulating the growth and the dynamic of mixed stands.<br />Ce poster présenté au 5ème colloque IUFRO 5.01.04 WP a pour but de montrer comment la structure spatiale permet d'améliorer notre connaissances des peuplements hétérogènes et de fournir des pistes à leur modélisation. Pour cela, nous avons étudié les peuplements mélangés chêne-pin sylvestre de la région Centre. Nous avons analyser leur structure spatiale en utilisant les fonctions L(r) de Ripley et la structure du mélange par la fonction L12 de Lotwick et Silvermann. Les résultats de cette analyse nous ont permis de construire une typologie de ces peuplements. Les diverses structures spatiales observées nous ont permis de faire des hypothèses sur les processus écologiques et historiques influençant la dynamique des ces peuplements. Nous utilisons dans un deuxième temps cette typologie pour construire un modèle de structure et simuler des peuplements virtuels réalistes, pouvant servir d'état initial pour des modèles individus-centrés dépendant des distances.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Fifth Workshop IUFRO 5.01.04 Working Party « Connection between Forest Resources and Wood Quality: Modelling Approaches and Simulation Software», Waiheke Island Resort Auckland, NZL, 20-27 November 2005, Fifth Workshop IUFRO 5.01.04 Working Party « Connection between Forest Resources and Wood Quality: Modelling Approaches and Simulation Software», Waiheke Island Resort Auckland, NZL, 20-27 November 2005, 2005, pp.1
Accession number :
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