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Yarie, J.

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The Spatial Alaskan Forest Ecosystem Dynamics (SAFED) model was validated across four of the most common vegetation types found in interior Alaska. The vegetation types were an aldef (Alnus spp.) - balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.) site (FP2), an old-growth balsam poplar and white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) site (FP3), a mixed deciduous (primarily birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.) and aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)) and white spruce site (UP2), and a mature white spruce site (UP3). The FP site types are common on the floodplain along the Tanana River and the UP site types are common in the uplands in interior Alaska. SAFED is based on nitrogen productivity for vegetation growth, litter fall quantity...
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Modeling the biology of forest ecosystems has been devoted to a combination of theoretical and empirical approaches representing the function of a forest ecosystem generally within an undefined spatial context. Moving to a large spatial context will require the use of theoretical representations of critical ecosystem functions that can be represented on an individual cell basis. A Spatial Alaskan Forest Ecosystem Dynamics (SAFED) model was developed that is based on the nitrogen productivity concept for forest growth, litter fall quality, and microbial efficiency for forest floor decomposition. Climate and ecosystem disturbances were handled as restricted stochastic [random] processes. The restriction was based...
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