TY - JOUR

T1 - Application of the forest ecosystem model EFIMOD 2 to jack pine along the Boreal Forest Transect case study

AU - Shaw, Cindy H.

AU - Bhatti, J.

AU - Chertov, Oleg G.

AU - Nadporozhskaya, Marina

AU - Komarov, Alexandr Sergeevich

AU - Bykhovets, S.

AU - Mikhailov, A.

AU - Apps, M.

N1 - Shaw C., Bhatti J., Chertov O., Nadporozhskaya M., Komarov A., Bykhovets S., Mikhailov A., Apps M. Application of the forest ecosystem model EFIMOD 2 to jack pine along the Boreal Forest Transect case study // Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2006, 86(Special Issue): 171-185, https://doi.org/10.4141/S05-079

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Sustainability of forest ecosystems and climate change are two critical issues for boreal forest ecosystems in Canada that require an understanding of the links and balance between productivity, soil processes and their interaction with natural and anth ropogenic disturbances. Forest ecosystem models can be used to understand and predict boreal forest ecosystem dynamics. EFIMOD 2 is an individual tree model of the forest-soil ecosystem capable of modelling nitrogen feedback to productivity in response to changes in soil moisture and temperature. It has been successfully applied in Europe, but has not been calibrated for any forest ecosystem in Canada. The objective of this study was to parameterize and validate EFIMOD 2 for jack pine in Canada. Simulated and measured results agreed for changes in tree biomass carbon and soil carbon and nitrogen with increasing stand age and across a climatic gradient from the southern to northern limits of the boreal forest. Preliminary results from scenario testing indicate that EFIMOD 2 can be successfully applied to predict the impacts of forest management practices and climate change in the absence of natural disturbances on jack pine in the boreal forest of Canada. Model development is underway to represent the effects of natural disturbances.

AB - Sustainability of forest ecosystems and climate change are two critical issues for boreal forest ecosystems in Canada that require an understanding of the links and balance between productivity, soil processes and their interaction with natural and anth ropogenic disturbances. Forest ecosystem models can be used to understand and predict boreal forest ecosystem dynamics. EFIMOD 2 is an individual tree model of the forest-soil ecosystem capable of modelling nitrogen feedback to productivity in response to changes in soil moisture and temperature. It has been successfully applied in Europe, but has not been calibrated for any forest ecosystem in Canada. The objective of this study was to parameterize and validate EFIMOD 2 for jack pine in Canada. Simulated and measured results agreed for changes in tree biomass carbon and soil carbon and nitrogen with increasing stand age and across a climatic gradient from the southern to northern limits of the boreal forest. Preliminary results from scenario testing indicate that EFIMOD 2 can be successfully applied to predict the impacts of forest management practices and climate change in the absence of natural disturbances on jack pine in the boreal forest of Canada. Model development is underway to represent the effects of natural disturbances.

KW - EFIMOD 2

KW - forest soil

KW - carbon

KW - nitrigen

KW - model

UR - https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=13530910

U2 - https://doi.org/10.4141/S05-079

DO - https://doi.org/10.4141/S05-079

M3 - Article

VL - 86

SP - 171

EP - 185

JO - Canadian Journal of Soil Science

JF - Canadian Journal of Soil Science

SN - 0008-4271

IS - 2

ER -