Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-893-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-893-2019
Model description paper
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08 Mar 2019
Model description paper |  | 08 Mar 2019

LPJ-GM 1.0: simulating migration efficiently in a dynamic vegetation model

Veiko Lehsten, Michael Mischurow, Erik Lindström, Dörte Lehsten, and Heike Lischke

Data sets

Tree migration in virtual landscape L. Lehsten, M. Mischurow, E. Lindström, D. Lehsten, and H. Lischke https://doi.org/10.18161/migration_lehsten_2018

Model code and software

Matlab code for supplementary material for Lehsten et al. GMD 2019 L. Lehsten, M. Mischurow, E. Lindström, D. Lehsten, and H. Lischke https://doi.org/10.18161/seed_disp_code_2018

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Short summary
To assess the effect of climate on vegetation, dynamic vegetation models simulate their response e.g. to climate change. Most currently used dynamic vegetation models ignore the fact that for colonization of a new area not only do the climatic conditions have to be suitable, but seeds also need to arrive at the site to allow the species to migrate there. In this paper we are developing a novel method which allows us to simulate migration within dynamic vegetation models even at large scale.