An ecohydrological approach for modelling and optimisation of vegetation health and ecosystem services in wetlands.

Autor: Rodriguez, Jose F., Saco, Patricia M., Sandi, Steven, Quijano, Juan, Breda, Angelo, Carlier, Rebecca, Jorquera, Eliana, Kuczera, George, Li Wen, Saintilan, Neil
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Zdroj: EA National Conference Publications; 2023, p1056-1062, 7p
Abstrakt: Modelling and optimisation of management measures in wetland systems require a focus on the scales of ecohydrological relevance (patch scale) dictated by the dynamics of vegetation. Vegetation dynamics at the patch scale can be incorporated into traditional hydrological and hydraulic models using vegetation response models. The development of vegetation response models can be achieved by a combination of remote sensing observations and hydrological/hydraulic models that provide the watering conditions. Vegetation dynamics is sometimes characterised by deterioration and other times by transition to a different vegetation type. We present applications of our approach to coastal and dryland wetlands using numerical models and remote sensing data. Our focus is on the long-term evolution of these systems under climate change and climate variability conditions, so our models have to be able to capture short-term (intra annual variability) and long-term (climate change) processes. They also have to be able to assess uncertainty in our predictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index