Simulating post-glacial vegetation development of forest ecosystems in the Eastern Alps. Evaluation of a forest succession model.
Project management Lexer Manfred Josef
organizational unit Institute of Silviculture
duration 01.11.1998 to-
31.01.2002
Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Program none
Funder none
Competencies
Abstract
For a watershed in the eastern Alps the postglacial vegetation development is reconstructed from a Holocene pollen profile and locally derived R-values. Holocene time series of climate data are reconstructed from proxy data and longterm measurements of temperature and precipitation. A 3D-succession model is implemented at pixel-basis of a GIS and spatially explicit vegetation development for the Holocene is simulated. Model reliability is analysed by comparison of simulated and reconstructed vegetation data.
keywords vegetation climate change holocene
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Project staff
Manfred Josef Lexer
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Manfred Josef Lexer
mj.lexer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91316
Project Leader
01.11.1998 - 31.01.2002
BOKU partners
External partners
Drescher Ruth
Dr. Drescher Ruth
partner