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In this chapter we provide an overview of the Austrian forest growth simulators PROGNAUS and CALDIS which have successfully been applied in wood and biomass supply studies. The description of the growth simulators refers to model concept, source of parameterization data, and model implementation (software). We also describe three simulation studies that have been done with PROGNAUS and CALDIS using Austrian National Forest Inventory data. The applicability of the simulators to inventory data is discussed in comparison to forest growth models that rely on more complex model concepts.

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  1. Department of Forest Growth and Silviculture, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Vienna, Austria

    Thomas Ledermann & Georg Kindermann

  2. Department of Forest Inventory, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Vienna, Austria

    Thomas Gschwantner

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    Mart-Jan Schelhaas

  3. Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Ronald E. McRoberts

  4. Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Germany

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Ledermann, T., Kindermann, G., Gschwantner, T. (2017). Austria. In: Barreiro, S., Schelhaas, MJ., McRoberts, R., Kändler, G. (eds) Forest Inventory-based Projection Systems for Wood and Biomass Availability. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56201-8_6

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