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3-PG
Physiological Processes Predicting Growth
Mechanistic, single species
4C
BALANCE
Process-based tree-level model
BWINpro
Empirical, distance independent tree based model
CABALA
Process-based growth model
CACTOS
CAlifornia Conifer Timber Output Simulator
Empirical, distance independent tree based model
CO2FIX
Empirical, stand level, carbon sequestration model.
DFSIM
Douglas-fir Simulator
Stand-level, forest growth simulator.
EFM
Edinburgh Forest Model
Mechanistic, dynamic, and deterministic forest plantation simulator.
FIRE-BGC
FIRE-BioGeoChemical process model
individual tree model created by merging the gap-phase, process-based model FIRESUM with the mechanistic ecosystem biogeochemical model FIRE-BGC.
FORECAST
Ecosystem-based, stand-level, forest growth simulator.
Forest-BGC
Forest-BioGeoChemical process model
FORET
Forests of Eastern Tennessee
Gap model.
FORGRO
FORSKA
FPS
Forest Projection and Planning System
FVS
Forest Vegetation Simulator (a.k.a. Prognosis)
Empirical, distance independent, tree model.
JABOWA
Gap Model.
MOSES
ORGANON
ORegon Growth ANalysis and projectiON
Empirical, distance independent tree based model.
Pipestem
Model of carbon allocation and growth that applies to even-aged, mono-specific stands of trees.
Prognaus
Prognosis
see also: FVS
Empirical, distance independent, tree model
SILVA
Empirical distance dependent tree based model
SORTIE
Mechanistic, spatially explicit, stochastic model of forests in the northeastern United States that describes local competition among nine species of trees in terms of empirically derived responses of individuals.
SPS
Stand Projection System
STAND
STIM
Stand and Tree Integrated Model
TADAM
Biologically oriented stand model. Single species.
TASS/TIPSY
Biologically oriented spatially explicit individual tree model. Single species.
Tragic++
Tree Response to Acidification in Groundwater In C++
Tree based model.
TRIPLEX
Process-based, stand-level model. Mixed species.