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The Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses (TELSA) is a spatially explicit simulation model that represents the interactions of succession, natural disturbances and management in forested landscapes. Vegetation dynamics are defined using successional pathway diagrams created with the Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT). TELSA was applied here to demonstrate a simple example of management scenarios designed to emulate historic natural disturbance regimes in a 45,000 ha landscape. The results demonstrate the need to account for both management and natural disturbance impacts, and to assess future landscape characteristics in terms of spatial and non-spatial indicators.
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Beukema, S.J., Kurz, W.A., Klenner, W., Merzenich, J., Arbaugh, M. (2003). Applying TELSA to Assess Alternative Management Scenarios. In: Arthaud, G.J., Barrett, T.M. (eds) Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0307-9_16
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