Announcement
Conference title: The Fourth Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Conference
Dates: April 17th-19th, 2012
Location: Fort Collins, CO, USA
Web page: http://www.fs.fed.us/fmsc/fvs/fvs_conference.shtml
Contact info: Dr. Leah Rathbun
email: LRathbun@fs.fed.us
Phone: 970-295-5747
Conference description:
The objective of the conference is to synthesize the knowledge gained from over thirty-five years of using FVS for project-level planning, landscape analysis, forest health assessments, forest plan revisions, inventory updates, habitat evaluation, and all other purposes. A second objective is to improve FVS modeling technology through sharing ideas and recent developments in software related to FVS, and to report on the calibration and validation of FVS and its components.
The conference will consist of two days of presentations from over 40 speakers. In addition, a third day of workshops will be conducted to expand your FVS knowledge. Please come and join us as we celebrate the work that has been done in FVS over the last five years and contemplate the work to come in the future.
Complex stand
structures arising from
paradigm shifts in forest
management practices (e.g.,
variable retention silvicultural
systems; natural disturbance
pattern emulation; mechanized
systematic/selective thinning
treatments) represent an
increasing proportion of
the productive forest land
base throughout many of
the world’s
forested ecosystems.
Characterized by vertical,
horizontal and spatial
heterogeneity, complex
stand structures are
inherently difficult
to quantify and model
in terms of their temporal
dynamics.
The
conference theme is centred
around stand structural
issues pertaining to
complex forest types
- focusing primarily
on measurement and modeling.
Consequences of managing
complex stand structures
in terms of operational
logistics, product quality
and value outcomes, and
economic implications are
important secondary considerations.
The objective of this
conference is to review
the latest research pertaining
to complex stand structures
from a global perspective.
The conference program
will consist of six plenary
sessions with a concurrent
poster session and in-conference
field-tour.
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