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Forest Vegetation Simulator

Forest Vegetation Simulator. Red Alder Growth and Yield. Erin Smith-Mateja US Forest Service Forest Management Service Center. Forest Vegetation Simulator. Road Map… Quick FVS Overview Red alder data How to Get FVS software Description of input data Demonstration.

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Forest Vegetation Simulator

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  1. Forest Vegetation Simulator Red Alder Growth and Yield Erin Smith-Mateja US Forest Service Forest Management Service Center

  2. Forest Vegetation Simulator • Road Map… • Quick FVS Overview • Red alder data • How to Get FVS software • Description of input data • Demonstration

  3. Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS Description • Individual-tree distance-independent model • Stand Inventory (i.e. stand exams) are used as input data • Model outputs include • - stock and stand tables • - stand and tree characteristics • - stand visualization • - economic analysis

  4. Forest Vegetation Simulator The FVS Variants

  5. Forest Vegetation Simulator Compare Management Alternatives Douglas Fir Stand vs. Red Alder Red Alder Harvests at age 30 and 70 Douglas Fir PCT at 30, harvest at 70 years

  6. How do Trees Grow? (in the mind of a modeler) crown height DBH f(tree, stand, site) …eventually mortality

  7. Forest Vegetation Simulator Red Alder Data

  8. Forest Vegetation Simulator Software www.fs.fed.us/fmsc/fvs Forest Service supported

  9. Forest Vegetation Simulator

  10. Forest Vegetation Simulator

  11. Forest Vegetation Simulator • FVS System • Components • G & Y Model • Post Processors • SUPPOSE Interface

  12. Forest Vegetation Simulator OUTPUT

  13. Forest Vegetation Simulator

  14. Forest Vegetation Simulator Carbon Accounting

  15. Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS Demonstration

  16. Forest Vegetation Simulator Questions? Erin Smith-Mateja Forest Management Service Center www.fs.fed.us/fmsc/fvs

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