Second State-and-Transition Simulation Modeling Conference

Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) co-hosted the Second State-and-Transition Simulation Modeling(STSM) Conference, along with The Nature Conservancy, Apex Resource Management Solutions, andAIMS Environmental Science. The conference was held at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center on16–18 September 2014. Participants came together to share applications and methods for simulatingscenarios of environmental change over time and to discuss integrating STSM with climate and ecologicalmodels. Users of landscape STSM tools and software, including the most recent software platform,ST-Sim, as well as older software such as VDDT, TELSA, and the Path Landscape Model, were inattendance. The group represented more than 50 ecosystem, land change, reclamation, and conservationscientists from both the United States and Canada discussing recent STSM findings, techniques, andpotential uses in landscape modeling. The event included a one-day training session on the use of STSim,the latest generation of STSM freeware, followed by two days of presentations by scientists andland managers on current research applications.

Citation

Wilson, Tamara; Costanza, Jennifer; Smith, Jim; Morisette, Jeffrey. 2015. Second State-and-Transition Simulation Modeling Conference. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 96(1): 174-175. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623-96.1.174.