Event On: February 23, 2011
Ontario Service Centre 1800 Bank St Unit 5, Ottawa, ON K1V 0W3
Registration Deadline: January 01, 2011
CASIOPA partnered with Parks Canada to run a special, technical workshop run by ApexRMS’ Colin Daniel.
The workshop focused on The Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT). This is used to assist land managers in predicting how vegetation may change over time as part of landscape-level ecological restoration and planning. It has been used to determine reference conditions for the United States Fire program (LANDFIRE) as well as for modeling riparian vegetation, channel condition, and aquatic habitat dynamics in response to alternative land-use practices.
The first day focused on a case study using prescribed fire and control of invasive alien plants in Point Pelee National Park. The remainder was focused on VDDT training, as described below.
Overview of Training in Landscape Modelling Tools: Introduction to VDDT
The Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT) is a user-friendly, public-domain software tool that provides a framework for quantifying the rate and effects of vegetation change on a landscape. Users partition the landscape into states (e.g., combinations of cover and structure) and define the transitions (e.g., disturbances, succession, management) and probabilities for movement between states.
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