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A scalable simulator for forest dynamics

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Govindarajan, S; Dietze, M; Agarwal, PK; Clark, JS
Published in: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry
January 1, 2004

Models of forest ecosystems are needed to understand how climate and land-use change can impact biodiversity. In this paper we describe an individual-based, spatially-explicit forest simulator with full accounting of both landscape context and the fine-scale processes that influence forest dynamics. Unfortunately, performing realistic forest simulations of such models is computationally infeasible. We design efficient algorithms for computing seed dispersal and light, using a plethora of techniques. These include hierarchical spatial decomposition, monopole approximation and utilizing the graphics hardware for fast geometric computations. These algorithms allow us to simulate large landscapes for long periods of time.

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January 1, 2004

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Govindarajan, S., Dietze, M., Agarwal, P. K., & Clark, J. S. (2004). A scalable simulator for forest dynamics. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry, 106–115. https://doi.org/10.1145/997817.997836
Govindarajan, S., M. Dietze, P. K. Agarwal, and J. S. Clark. “A scalable simulator for forest dynamics.” Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry, January 1, 2004, 106–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/997817.997836.
Govindarajan S, Dietze M, Agarwal PK, Clark JS. A scalable simulator for forest dynamics. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry. 2004 Jan 1;106–15.
Govindarajan, S., et al. “A scalable simulator for forest dynamics.” Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry, Jan. 2004, pp. 106–15. Scopus, doi:10.1145/997817.997836.
Govindarajan S, Dietze M, Agarwal PK, Clark JS. A scalable simulator for forest dynamics. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry. 2004 Jan 1;106–115.

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Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry

DOI

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

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106 / 115