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Recommendations for Standardized Documentation and Further Development of Forest Growth Simulators

Empfehlungen für die standardisierte Beschreibung und Weiterentwicklung von Waldwachstumssimulatoren

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The present paper documents the practical applicability of growth simulators, gives an overview of current model approaches, defines standards for the description and evaluation of growth models and growth simulators and indicates research needs. The recommendations aim to give users of growth simulators confidence in the transition to modern prediction systems and to increase the level of acceptance of new information technologies. The recommendations provide developers with guidelines for model description, model evaluation and software development and thus contribute towards efficient co-operation.

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Der Beitrag dokumentiert die praktische Relevanz von Wachstumssimulatoren, gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Modellansätze, definiert Standards zur Beschreibung und Evaluierung von Wachstumsmodellen und -simulatoren und weist auf Forschungsbedarf in diesem Bereich hin. Die Empfehlungen sollen Anwendern von Wachstumsmodellen Vertrauen beim Übergang zu zeitgemäßen Prognosesystemen vermitteln und die Akzeptanz neuer Informationstechnologien erhöhen. Indem dieses Papier Modellentwicklern Leitlinien für die Modellbeschreibung, Modellevaluierung und Softwareentwicklung gibt, kann es zu einer effizienten Kooperation aller Beteiligten beitragen.

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  1. Chair of Forest Yield Science, Technical University of Munich, Am Hochanger 13, D-85354, Freising, Germany

    Hans Pretzsch, P. Biber & R. Sodtke

  2. Institute of Forest Management and Geodesy, Technical University Zvolen, Slovakia

    J. Ďurský

  3. Institute for Forest Planning and Yield Science, University Göttingen, Germany

    K. von Gadow

  4. Institute for Forest Growth Research, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    H. Hasenauer & H. Sterba

  5. Forest Research Station Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Germany

    G. Kändler, G. Kenk & E. Kublin

  6. Forest Research Station Niedersachsen, Göttingen, Germany

    J. Nagel

  7. Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland

    T. Pukkala

  8. Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, Hørsholm, Denmark

    J. P. Skovsgaard

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Pretzsch, H., Biber, P., Ďurský, J. et al. Recommendations for Standardized Documentation and Further Development of Forest Growth Simulators. Forstw. Cbl. 121, 138–151 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0337.2002.00138.x

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