Creating historical range of variation (HRV) time series using landscape modeling: Overview and issues [Chapter 8]

Robert E. Keane

doi:10.1002/9781118329726.ch8

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Creating historical range of variation (HRV) time series using landscape modeling: Overview and issues [Chapter 8]

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Authors:

Robert E. Keane

Year:

2012

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118329726.ch8

Source:

In: Wiens, John A.; Hayward, Gregory D.; Safford, Hugh D.; Giffen, Catherine M., eds. Historical environmental variation in conservation and natural resource management. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. p. 113-127.

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Abstract

Simulation modeling can be a powerful tool for generating information about historical range of variation (HRV) in landscape conditions. In this chapter, I will discuss several aspects of the use of simulation modeling to generate landscape HRV data, including (1) the advantages and disadvantages of using simulation, (2) a brief review of possible landscape models. and (3) the pitfalls and limitations of the simulation approach. This information provides a reference for planning, preparing, implementing, and interpreting HRV simulations and their results.

Keywords

historical range of variation (HRV), modeling, landscapes

Citation

Keane, Robert E. 2012. Creating historical range of variation (HRV) time series using landscape modeling: Overview and issues [Chapter 8]. In: Wiens, John A.; Hayward, Gregory D.; Safford, Hugh D.; Giffen, Catherine M., eds. Historical environmental variation in conservation and natural resource management. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. p. 113-127.