9. Modeling Historical Range of Variability at a Range of Scales: an Example Application

  1. John A. Wiens3,4,
  2. Gregory D. Hayward5,6,
  3. Hugh D. Safford7,8,
  4. Catherine M. Giffen9
  1. Kevin McGarigal1,
  2. William H. Romme2

Published Online: 8 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118329726.ch9

Book Title

Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management

Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management

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How to Cite

McGarigal, K. and Romme, W. H. (2012) Modeling Historical Range of Variability at a Range of Scales: an Example Application, in Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management (eds J. A. Wiens, G. D. Hayward, H. D. Safford and C. M. Giffen), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118329726.ch9

Editor Information

  1. 3

    PRBO Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Dr #11, Petaluma, CA 94954, USA

  2. 4

    School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 2006, Australia

  3. 5

    USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, 3301 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99504, USA

  4. 6

    USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Lakewood, CO 80401, USA

  5. 7

    USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo, CA 94592, USA

  6. 8

    Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

  7. 9

    USDA Forest Service, National Office Washington, DC, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA

  2. 2

    Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 JUL 2012
  2. Published Print: 10 AUG 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781444337921

Online ISBN: 9781118329726

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Keywords:

  • modeling HRV at a range of scales, an example application;
  • RMLands, simulating vegetation patterns over an 800-year period;
  • appropriate spatial scale, describing HRV in landscape structure;
  • HRV assessment and four essential steps, and SJNF application;
  • choosing the temporal scale of HRV, appropriate state variables;
  • landscape disturbance-succession, RMLands, grid-based, simulation model;
  • climate, role in spatiotemporal characteristics of disturbance regime;
  • model calibration, overlooked or misused in HRV, adjusting parameters;
  • HRV understood within the approach used, and seral stage mapping

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Methods

  • Scope and Limitations

  • Major Findings

  • Conclusion

  • References

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