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Integrated Models of Forested Regions

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This chapter presents the results of a discussion among physical, ecological and social scientists, to evaluate how and why forested regions should be the subject of integrated regional models (IRM). We present an overview of large landscapes that are actually or potentially forested as subjects for integrated regional models. By integrated, we mean models that deal with interactions among social, physical and ecological aspects of a system. We extend the scope of the topic somewhat from forests in the narrow sense to include areas where climatic change or human development can generate a woodland or savanna physiognomy. The interactions of climate, human actions and native ecological potential, which underlie such a gradient, suggest some of the utility of integrated regional models for understanding the structure and function of forested regions under changes in climate and land use.

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Pickett, S.T.A. et al. (1994). Integrated Models of Forested Regions. In: Groffman, P.M., Likens, G.E. (eds) Integrated Regional Models. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6447-4_8

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