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End User Needs and Requirements

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Forest practice is about making decisions concerning forest management that will have consequences for a long time. Models of forest growth and yield were first used as simple abstractions of stand development. They were then adapted to specific management objectives. Now changing user needs are shifting the preferences of forest practice for forest models from pure to mixed forests, from stand to individual tree-based silvicultural measures and from even aged to uneven aged management methods. In addition, changing growth conditions call for even more customisable models. Tree models try to transcend the limitations of earlier forest growth modelling approaches by predicting individual tree growth with respect to competition with surrounding neighbours, the local canopy structure and species composition, instead of delivering mean stand values. This remarkable scientific development leads to more complex models with more detailed predictions. To focus on the needs of forest practice — especially in the field of forest planning, silvicultural programmes and multicriterial decision support — the following essential attributes of tree models are proposed: a clear purpose specification, a reasonable accuracy of the predicted values, an easy integration into the enterprise information flow and communicability of model results. A clear documentation of the model limits, the comprehensibility of the simulation process and user-friendly handling improve the trust-worthiness of the models. A successful evolution of tree models will avoid using growth simulators as all-purpose tools, but ensure the participative development of purpose-related components and the definition of practice-relevant simulation scenarios.

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  1. Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg, Wonnhaldestraße 4, 79100, Freiburg, Germany

    Sebastian Hein

  2. Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Biotechnical Faculty, Vecna pot 83, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Marijan Kotar

  3. Department de Matematica, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal

    Emilia Pinto Preuhsler

  4. Sector: GMO — Food and Environment, European Commission — DG JRC, IHCP, TP 331, 21020, Ispra (Va), Italy

    Jana Puumalainen

  5. Austrian Federal Forest Company, Pummergasse 10-12, Purkersdorf, Austria

    Peter Weinfurter

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von Teuffel, K., Hein, S., Kotar, M., Preuhsler, E.P., Puumalainen, J., Weinfurter, P. (2006). End User Needs and Requirements. In: Hasenauer, H. (eds) Sustainable Forest Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31304-4_2

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