VDDT-Path

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Has flag N/A

Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool - Path
Has acronym VDDT-Path
Has wiki contact person Sean Gordon
Has wiki contact e-mail sean.gordon@pdx.edu

Software identification

Has software VDDT-Path.Software

Description

Has description VDDT is a Windows-based program allows users to easily create and test descriptions of vegetation dynamics, simulating them non-spatially at the landscape level. Probably the most important contribution of VDDT is that it provides a common platform for specialists from different disciplines - e.g., entomology, pathology, fire ecology, silviculture, wildlife biology and ecology - to collectively define the roles of various processes and agents of disturbance on landscape-level vegetation dynamics. Moreover, the development tool allows for rapid gaming and testing of the sensitivity of the ecosystem to alternative assumptions. It thus provides a tool for learning and communication.
Has modelling scope Forest indicators, Ecological indicators
Has temporal scale Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical)
Has spatial context Non spatial
Has spatial scale Forest level, Regional/national level
Has objectives dimension Multiple objectives, Single objective
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension Market non-wood products, Market services, Market wood products, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension More than one decision maker, More than one decision maker/stakeholder, Single decision maker
Has forest management goal biomass estimation, forest ecology, forest transformation, forest vegetation management, landscape quality, multi-functional, user defined
Supports tree species
Supports silvicultural regime user defined

Concrete application

Has typical use case Projection of vegetation conditions under different management options or natural conditions
Has user profile public land managers (i.e. state-owned / federal / cantonal / communal forests), national forest administration, NGO
Has country Canada, United States
Has references about examples of application Shlisky, A., Vandendriesche, D., in press. Use of state-and-transition simulation modeling in National Forest planning in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.
Has number of users >100
Has number of real-life applications >100
Has utilisation in education N/A
Has research project reference
Has tool dissemination via website

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques VDDT-Path.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes VDDT-Path.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation VDDT-Path.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development VDDT-Path.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website http://essa.com/
Has online demo
Has manual Yes
Has technical documentation Yes
Has reference

Non-wood forest products

Has NWFP support VDDT-Path.mule deer

Non-wood forest products

Has NWFP support VDDT-Path.test