Botkin D.B. Forest Dynamics: An Ecological Model

Oxford University Press, 1993. – 326 p. – ISBN: 0195065557, 9780195065558This book is a solid reading text which details how forests grow and change over time based on a computer simulation. The JABOWA forest model is used and the book is basically a technical discussion about a specific computer program. It is designed as a technical manual for people using the JABOWA-II computer model of forest growth. It is also useful as a description and discussion of the model.
This book will give you knowledge of:
The Forest Environment
Response of Populations of Trees to the Environment.
Implications of the Model for the Dynamics of Forest
Testing and Comparing the Model with the Real World
Sensitivity of the Model to Errors in Observations and in Concepts
Use of the Model for Global Environmental problems
Use of the Model in Natural Resource Management
General implications of the Model