PPT-1 Vegetation Modeling Outline

2 Model types Predictive models Predictor data Predictive model types parametricnonparametric Model Example T reebasedRandom Forests Modeling dataset ResponsePredictor data Discussion scale of predictors. Niwot’s. Riparian Tundra. Sean Race. Vegetation Ecology – Semester B 2014. Mountain Research Station. UC-B. Introduction. Question: Does proximity of riparian area in alpine tundra affect the composition of the vegetation found there? . How do we explain . why. vegetation is found where it is in TVC?. S . oil. C . limate. A . ltitude. R . elief. E . ruptions. (history). S . tage. of succession (or climax). Boulder/Gravel Fields. Can be covered in snow and ice. In the Tongariro Volcanic Centre. VEGETATIONS KEY:.  . Podocarp Forest.  . Beech Forest.  . Boulder field, grave field, stone field.  . Manuka - Kanuka Forest.  . Tussockland and tussock - shrubland. Jon D. Pelletier, . University of Arizona. Hillslope-fluvia. l geomorphologists. have . often . taken climate change. . to be . synonymous . with changes . in runoff/discharge/precipitation (i.e., driving shear stresses). . A Systematic Framework to . Plan for Biological Resources. In the BLM’s Land Use Planning Process. Management Strategies . By the end of this session, participants will be able to:. Develop potential management strategies (goals, objectives, uses, and management actions) that are consistent with BLM planning and resource program guidance. Lesson Objectives. Identify the factors that affect climate and vegetation. . . Describe the climate regions of the United States. . Vocabulary. Elevation. Natural vegetation. Arid. Tundra. Climate. Poulter. Modeling Vegetation Dynamics with LPJ-GUESS. Stand to Global Scale Modeling Approaches. Stand-scale models. Gap (i.e., ZELIG ). Growth-Yield (i.e. FVS). Landscape models. Mechanistic - (FireBGCv2). Lesson Objectives. Identify the factors that affect climate and vegetation. . . Describe the climate regions of the United States. . Vocabulary. Elevation. Natural vegetation. Arid. Tundra. Climate. Global climates and natural vegetation Climate is average of weather conditions for 30+ years Climatologists employ many different tools to organize the wealth of information about INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL MODELING IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING WITH EMPHASIS ON FLAC MODELING www.zamiran.net By Siavash Zamiran, Ph.D., P.E. Geotechnical Engineer, Marino Engineering Associates, Inc. Scott . Clingan. Winter Ecology Spring 2014. Terrestrial Carbon Cycle. Soil respiration estimated to account for 20-38% of annual biogenic CO. 2. emissions . (Scott 2002). Increased Respiration from global warming = lower carbon sequestration (positive feedback?). LLC 2017 (Agribotix.com) 1 AGBX021 - 17, May 2017 Comparing RGB - Based Vegetation Indices W ith NDVI For Drone Based Agricultural Sensing Tom McKinnon (tom.mcki nnon@agribotix.com) and Paul Hoff the Carolina Vegetation Survey . Protocol. M. Forbes Boyle, Robert K. Peet, Thomas R. Wentworth, and Michael Lee. 17 November 2010. The CVS Team. Project Directors. Robert Peet, UNC Chapel Hill. Thomas Wentworth, NC State University. (Dynamics & Distribution, Structure, Hyperspectral). Vegetation Supergroup breakout report. (Dynamics & Distribution, Structure, Hyperspectral). 22 in-person, 24 online. Current Syntheses. Multi-Disturbance (A. Foster, paper submitted soon).