Plasticity as a link between spatially explicit, distance-independent, and whole-stand forest growth models
Models at various levels of resolution are commonly used, both for forest management and in ecological research. They all have comparative advantages and disadvantages, making desirable a better understanding of the relationships between the various approaches. It is found that accounting for crown and root plasticity creates more realistic links between spatial and non-spatial models than simply ignoring spatial structure. The article reviews also the connection between distance-independent models and size distributions, and how distributions evolve over time and relate to whole-stand descriptions. In addition, some ways in which stand-level knowledge feeds back into detailed individual-tree formulations are demonstrated. The presentation intends to be accessible to non-specialists. Study implications: Introducing plasticity improves the representation of physio-ecological processes in spatial modelling. Plasticity explains in part the practical success of distance-independent models. The nature of size distributions and their relationship to individual-tree and whole-stand models are discussed. I point out limitations of various approaches and questions for future research.
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