TY - JOUR
T1 - From mycelia to mastodons – A general approach for simulating biotic disturbances in forest ecosystems
AU - Honkaniemi, Juha
AU - Rammer, Werner
AU - Seidl, Rupert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Forest disturbance regimes are changing around the globe. Of particular concern are biotic disturbance agents, as they respond strongly to climate warming and invade new ecosystems as alien pests and pathogens. To date, biotic disturbances are either ignored in simulations of vegetation dynamics or only a small number of common agents are considered explicitly. Here we present BITE, a general, process-based approach to simulate biotic forest disturbance agents from fungi to large mammals. BITE considers the processes of agent introduction, dispersal, colonization, population dynamics, and vegetation impact explicitly. Here we parameterize the model for six widely different biotic disturbance agents (Heterobasidion annosum, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, Lymanthia dispar, Anoplophora glabripennis, Capreolus capreolus, Mammut americanum) and evaluate it using pattern-oriented modeling. BITE enables the inclusion of both established and novel biotic disturbance agents in vegetation models, and is a step towards the comprehensive simulation of forest disturbance regimes in a changing world.
AB - Forest disturbance regimes are changing around the globe. Of particular concern are biotic disturbance agents, as they respond strongly to climate warming and invade new ecosystems as alien pests and pathogens. To date, biotic disturbances are either ignored in simulations of vegetation dynamics or only a small number of common agents are considered explicitly. Here we present BITE, a general, process-based approach to simulate biotic forest disturbance agents from fungi to large mammals. BITE considers the processes of agent introduction, dispersal, colonization, population dynamics, and vegetation impact explicitly. Here we parameterize the model for six widely different biotic disturbance agents (Heterobasidion annosum, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, Lymanthia dispar, Anoplophora glabripennis, Capreolus capreolus, Mammut americanum) and evaluate it using pattern-oriented modeling. BITE enables the inclusion of both established and novel biotic disturbance agents in vegetation models, and is a step towards the comprehensive simulation of forest disturbance regimes in a changing world.
KW - Biotic disturbance
KW - Invasive alien species
KW - Mechanistic modeling
KW - Pathogens
KW - Pests
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.104977
DO - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.104977
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100249700
SN - 1364-8152
VL - 138
JO - Environmental Modelling and Software
JF - Environmental Modelling and Software
M1 - 104977
ER -