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=== Scope of the system ===
 
=== Scope of the system ===
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* tool encourages decision maker to discover new problems or opportunities by exposing to new information or results
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The tool provides information to assess forest/soil natural development, forest/land-use management, and different scenarios of external impacts.
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* tool helps decision makers in recognizing upcoming problems for which solutions have been developed previously
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* tool allows decision maker to actively create new knowledge when faced with a new problem and to develop novel solutions
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* tool allows decision maker to capture knowledge, making it available to decision makers who are seeking solutions from previously solved problems
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=== System origin ===
 
=== System origin ===
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* Who and when was it developed
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It was developed by a researchers’ team in the Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science (Pushchino, Russia) and Biological Institute of Sankt-Petersburg State University with support of European Forest Institute (Joensuu, Finland) and Joensuu University (Joensuu, Finland). First prototype was implemented in 1996 being not a commercial product  
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The tool has been applied in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Czech  Republic, and in several international projects (three projects in INTAS EU Program, FP5 EU-Programme Project CT98-4124 “Relationships Between Recent Changes of Growth and Nutrition of Norway Spruce, Scots Pine, and European Beech Forests in Europe (RECOGNITION)”, FP6 EU Programme INCO - 013388 “Impacts and risks from anthrpogenic disturbances on soils, carbon dynamics and vegetation in podzolic ecosystems (OMRISK)” and other projects. It has been implemented also for several applications in frame of the National Program of Russian Academy of Sciences “Change of Environment and Climate”.
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=== Support for specific issues  ===
 
=== Support for specific issues  ===
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Is the system designed to take into account specific uses? E.g. guidance on ways to characterize biodiversity, economic-biodiversity tradeoff analysis methods, risk assessment methods, landscape analysis methods, timber harvest effects, climate change effects, biological effects (pests, pathogens, invasives), fire,...  
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The system is designed to take into account timber harvest effects, dynamics of ecosystem and forest understorey biodiversivity, climate change effects, landscape analysis methods, nitrogen deposition effects, and fires.
  
 
=== Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type  ===
 
=== Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type  ===
 
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* Certification
 
 
* Conservation  
 
* Conservation  
 
* Restoration  
 
* Restoration  
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* Transportation
 
 
* Development choices / land use zoning  
 
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* Policy/intervention alternatives
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* Sustainability impact assessment (SIA)  
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* Sustainability impact assessment (SIA)
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=== Capability to support decision making phases  ===  
 
=== Capability to support decision making phases  ===  
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''(NOTE I do not quite know what to do with this, as I do not understand it myself, although it seems related to system use)''
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In current version, the GUI helps the user to compare dynamics of ecosystem parameters (e.g. growing stock, stand and soil carbon and nitrogen pools, biodiversity ranks etc.) at different scenarios of forest management and other external impacts.
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(Click [[Simon's decision making model|here]] to see a more detailed explanation)
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* Choice (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
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* Monitor (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
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=== Related systems  ===
 
=== Related systems  ===
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Describe (and/or link to) other systems related
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[CommonGIS]
  
 
== Data and data models ==
 
== Data and data models ==
  
 
=== Typical spatial extent of application  ===
 
=== Typical spatial extent of application  ===
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The application can be used on regional or forest-enterprise scale.
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The application can be used on regional, forest-enterprise, and forest stand scale.
  
 
=== Forest data input  ===
 
=== Forest data input  ===
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EFIMOD uses soil and stand-level inputs from forest inventory database. Each record such databases contains the description of one forest compartment. There is the data characterizing the forest compartment as a whole as well as the data on individual forest elements. Forest inventory data are: stand composition, dominant tree species in overstorey, relative stand density, stand growing stock, yield class (designating site productivity), and forest site class (denoting environmental conditions). Characteristics of separate forest element are: age, average height and average stem diameter at breast height (DBH), number of trees per hectare. Also the characteristics of soil organic matter pool are needed: the stocks of soil organic matter and nitrogen in different soil layers.
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The system uses stand-level inputs from forest inventory database, the pools of soil organic matter and nitrogen in different soil layers, and climatic and hydrological data. Detailed list of input parameters you may find at {link here}.
  
 
=== Type of information input from user (via GUI) ===
 
=== Type of information input from user (via GUI) ===
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User may select the scenario of forest ecosystem development via specifying various management options, such as different types of cuttings, plantings etc.
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User may define the scenario of forest ecosystem development via specifying various management options, such as different types of cuttings, plantings etc.; external impacts, such as fires, climate change, different levels of nitrogen deposition. For biodiversity assessment, regional phytosociological data is required.
  
 
== Models ==
 
== Models ==
  
 
=== Forest models ===
 
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The model of forest ecosystem EFIMOD<ref> Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Tsiplianovsky, A.V. 1999. A combined simulation model of Scots pine, Norway spruce and Silver birch ecosystems in European boreal zone. Forest Ecology and Management 116: 189-206.</ref><ref> Komarov, A., Chertov, O., Zudin, S., Nadporozhskaya, M., Mikhailov, A., Bykhovets, S., Zudina, E., Zoubkova. 2003. EFIMOD 2 - - A model of growth and elements cycling in boreal forest ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 170 (2-3): 373-392. </ref><ref> Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref> is an individual-based spatially explicit simulator of tree-soil system that calculates parameters of carbon balance and standard forest inventory characteristics: NPP, Rh, soil available nitrogen, tree and stand biomass by tree compartments, soil organic matter (SOM) and N pools, stand density, height, DBH, growing stock and some other parameters. It includes soil model [[#Soil models|ROMUL]] as an important component<ref> Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref> that is driven by soil water, temperature and SOM parameters. The statistical generator of soil climate [[#Climate models|SCLISS]] was compiled to run ROMUL. The EFIMOD allows for a calculation the effect of silvicultural operations and forest fires. Now it is linked with a system of plant biodiversity assessment [[#Models of biodiversity |BioCalc]].
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The modelling tool of forest ecosystem EFIMOD <ref>Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Tsiplianovsky, A.V. 1999. A combined simulation model of Scots pine, Norway spruce and Silver birch ecosystems in European boreal zone. Forest Ecology and Management 116: 189-206.<ref></ref>Komarov, A., Chertov, O., Zudin, S., Nadporozhskaya, M., Mikhailov, A., Bykhovets, S., Zudina, E., Zoubkova. 2003. EFIMOD 2 - - A model of growth and elements cycling in boreal forest ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 170 (2-3): 373-392.</ref><ref>Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref> is an individual-based spatially explicit simulator of tree-soil system that calculates parameters of carbon balance and standard forest inventory characteristics: NPP, Rh, soil available nitrogen, tree and stand biomass by tree compartments, soil organic matter (SOM) and N pools, stand density, height, DBH, growing stock and some other parameters. It includes soil model [[#Soil models|ROMUL]] as an important component<ref>Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref> that is driven by soil water, temperature and SOM parameters. The statistical generator of soil climate [[#Climate models|SCLISS]] was compiled to run [[#Soil models|ROMUL]]. The EFIMOD allows for a calculation the effect of silvicultural operations and forest fires. Now it is linked with a system of plant biodiversity assessment [[#Models of biodiversity |BioCalc]].
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The ecosystem model EFIMOD was comprehensively calibrated and validated for European boreal and temperate forests in a frame of the European Forest Institute (EFI) projects, EU Project RECOGNITION<ref> Kahle, H.-P., Karjalainen, T., Schuck, A. , Ågren, G., Kellomäki, S., Mellert, K., Prietzel, J., Rehfuess, K.E., Spiecker, H. Eds. Eds. 2008. Causes and Consequences of Forest Growth Trends in Europe - Results of the RECOGNITION Project. EFI Res. Rep. 21. Brill, Leiden, Boston. 262 pp.</ref> and later for Canadian boreal forests<ref> Shaw C., Chertov O., Komarov A., Bhatti J., Nadporozskaya M., Apps M., Bykhovets S., Mikhailov A. 2006. Application of the forest ecosystem model EFIMOD 2 to jack pine along the Boreal Forest Transect Case Study. Canadian J. Soil Sci. 86: 171-185. </ref><ref> Larocque, G.R., Bhatti, J. S., Boutin, R., Chertov, O. 2008. Uncertainty analysis in carbon cycle models of forest ecosystems: Research needs and development of a theoretical framework to estimate error propagation. Ecological Modelling 219: 400–412. </ref><ref> Chertov, O., Bhatti, J., Komarov, A., Mikhailov, A., Bykhovets, S. 2009. Influence of climate change, fire and harvest on the carbon dynamics of black spruce in Central Canada. Forest Ecology Management 257: 941-950. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.038.</ref><ref> Bhatti, J. Chertov, O. Komarov, A. 2009. Influence of climate change, fire, insect and harvest on C dynamics for jack pine in central Canada: simulation approach with the EFIMOD model. Int. J. Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 1(3): 43-61.</ref>.
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There is a positive promising experience for the implementation of the EFIMOD model at wide range from East Europe till North America in combination with regional forest databases for the estimation of the components of carbon balance and decision making<ref> Chertov, O., Komarov, A., Mikhailov, A., Andrienko, G., Andrienko, N., Gatalsky. P. 2005. Geovisualisation of forest simulation modelling results: a case study of carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 49: 175–191. </ref><ref> Shaw C., Chertov O., Komarov A., Bhatti J., Nadporozskaya M., Apps M., Bykhovets S., Mikhailov A. 2006. Application of the forest ecosystem model EFIMOD 2 to jack pine along the Boreal Forest Transect Case Study. Canadian J. Soil Sci. 86: 171-185.</ref><ref> Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref>. They were also implemented for West Europe in a frame of the EU Project RECOGNITION<ref> Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref><ref> Kahle, H.-P., Karjalainen, T., Schuck, A. , Ågren, G., Kellomäki, S., Mellert, K., Prietzel, J., Rehfuess, K.E., Spiecker, H. Eds. Eds. 2008. Causes and Consequences of Forest Growth Trends in Europe - Results of the RECOGNITION Project. EFI Res. Rep. 21. Brill, Leiden, Boston. 262 pp.</ref>. The special version of the EFIMOD model (IMPACT of the EFI<ref> Chertov, O., Komarov, A., Kolström, M., Pitkänen, S., Strandman, H., Zudin, S., Kellomäki, S. 2003. Modelling the long-term dynamics of populations and communities of trees in boreal forests based on competition for light and nitrogen. Forest Ecol. Management. 176: 355-369.</ref>) was implemented in Finland for ecological certification of forest products to calculate C, N and energy losses from forest ecosystems due to forest exploitation. The EFIMOD was also implemented for evaluation of the different forestry regimes from point of view of carbon budget, forest productivity, climate change and decision making<ref> Mikhailov, A.V., Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G. 2004. Simulation of the carbon budget for different scenarios of forest management. Eurasian Soil Sci. 37: 93–96.</ref><ref> Chertov, O., Komarov, A., Mikhailov, A., Andrienko, G., Andrienko, N., Gatalsky. P. 2005. Geovisualisation of forest simulation modelling results: a case study of carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 49: 175–191. </ref><ref> Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref> and for modelling carbon balance in a frame of the National Program of Russian Academy of Sciences “Change of Environment and Climate”<ref> Kudeyarov, V.N., Zavarzin, G.A., Blagodatsky, S.A., Borisov, A.V., Voronin, P.Yu., Demkin, V.A., Demkina, T.S., Evdokimov, I.V., Zamolodchikov, D.G., Karelin, D.V., Komarov, A.S., Kurganova, I.N., Larionova, A.A., Lopes de Gerenu, V.O., Tchertov, O.G. Utkin, A.I., 2007. Carbon Pools and Flows in Russian Terrestrial Ecosystems. Nauka, Moscow. 315 p. In Russian. ISBN 978-5-02-034064-0.</ref>.
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=== Soil models  ===
 
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The ROMUL model<ref>Chertov O.G., Komarov A.S. 1997. SOMM -- a model of soil organic matter dynamics. Ecological Modelling 94(2-3): 177-189.</ref><ref>Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref> of soil organic matter (SOM) and nitrogen mineralisation and humification is based on a classic concept of ‘humus type’ (Humusform) as a succession stage of SOM decomposition marked by different groups of soil micro-organisms and fauna inherent to forest soils. It has the following processes: (i) full mineralisation of every compartment, (ii) processes of organic debris transformation to humified matter by three different complexes of reducer organisms that are responsible for the formation of the three main humus forms. It calculates the transformation (humification and mineralisation) of litter and SOM compartments, the gross carbon dioxide flow from the soil due to SOM mineralisation and the nitrogen available for plant growth. The rate of litter and SOM mineralisation and humification is dependent on the litter quality, soil temperature and moisture, and on some soil parameters.
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The ROMUL model<ref>Chertov O.G., Komarov A.S. 1997. SOMM -- a model of soil organic matter dynamics. Ecological Modelling 94(2-3): 177-189.</ref><ref>Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref> of soil organic matter (SOM) and nitrogen mineralisation and humification calculates the transformation of litter and SOM compartments, the gross carbon dioxide flow from the soil due to SOM mineralisation and the nitrogen available for plant growth. The rate of litter and SOM mineralisation and humification is dependent on the litter quality, soil temperature and moisture, and on some soil parameters. The model validation and sensitivity analyses had been performed using a set of published laboratory and field experiments<ref>Chertov O.G., Komarov A.S. 1997. SOMM -- a model of soil organic matter dynamics. Ecological Modelling 94(2-3): 177-189.</ref><ref>Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref><ref>Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref>.
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The main specific feature of this model is that it calculates the processes of SOM transformation separately for organic layer (forest floor, peat) and mineral topsoil. The other important peculiarity of the model is the use of the results of laboratory experiments on the decomposition of different organic debris in controlled conditions as the experimental data for the model compilation obtained from published and authors’ own data<ref> Chertov O.G. 1985.  Simulation model of forest litter and floor mineralization and humification.  J. Obshchei Biol., Moscow (J. General Biol.). 46: 794-804. In Russian with English summary.</ref><ref> Nadporozhskaya, M.A., 2000. Modelling of plant debris organic matter transformation in a soil. Ph.D. Dissertation. St. Petersburg Agr. University, St. Petersburg, 193 pp. (in Russian).</ref><ref> Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Chertov, O.G., Kovsh, N.V. 2000. Comparison dynamic of nitrogen and carbon loss during organic matter transformation in the model experiments. In:Efimov,V.N., Tsarenko, V.P., Buren, V.M., et al. (Eds.), Humus and Soil Formation. St. Petersburg, State Agr. University, St. Petersburg, pp.15–30 (in Russian).</ref><ref> Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref>. However, the model does not take into account a biomass of reducer-organisms and litter biochemical composition. Neither does it calculate separately nitrate and ammonium nitrogen.
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The specific features mentioned above expand the applicability of the model both for forest and wetland peat soils without limitations for its use in grassland and agricultural soils as well. The model validation and sensitivity analyses had been performed using a set of published laboratory and field experiments<ref> Chertov O.G., Komarov A.S. 1997. SOMM -- a model of soil organic matter dynamics. Ecological Modelling 94(2-3): 177-189. </ref><ref> Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref><ref> Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.</ref>. The first version of the model showed good results for forest datasets (and satisfactory results for agricultural soils) in the comparative test of different models against the long-term experimental data from various other sites around the world<ref> Chertov O.G., Komarov A.S. 1997. SOMM -- a model of soil organic matter dynamics. Ecological Modelling  94(2-3): 177-189.</ref><ref> Smith, P., Smith, J.U., Powlson, D.S., McGill, W.B., Arah J.R.M., Chertov, O.G., Coleman, K., Franko, U., Frolking, S., Jenkinson, D.S., Jensen, L.S., Kelly, R.H., Klein-Gunnewiek, H., Komarov, A.S., Li, C., Molina J.A.E., Mueller, T., Parton, W.J., Thornley, J.H.M., Whitmore, A.P. 1997. A comparison of the performance of nine soil organic matter models using datasets from seven long-term experiments. Geoderma 81 (1/2): 153-225.</ref>. To run the ROMUL model the following input data are necessary: the amount of litter input with an unlimited number of cohorts (which are characterised by their specific nitrogen and ash content), initial SOM pools, and climate data, air temperature, soil temperature at the 20 cm depth, forest floor moisture and soil moisture. The output parameters of the model include data on all residual litter cohorts, all SOM and nitrogen pools, and some flow parameters: gross carbon dioxide and available mineral nitrogen production from all litter and SOM pools. A special climate generator [[#Climate models|SCLISS]] was compiled to produce time series of soil temperature and moisture from standard monthly meteorological data on air temperature and precipitation.
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The ROMUL model has been used for the theoretical analysis of SOM decomposition and nitrogen supply in forest soils, for the regional evaluation of SOM dynamics in boreal forests, for evaluation of succession dynamics of forest soils, SOM stability under impact of pollution, historical SOM dynamics under rotation of forest and agricultural lands and for global evaluation of SOM dynamics under climate change<ref>Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref><ref> Chertov, O.G., Komarov, A.S., Bykhovets, S.S. and Kobak, K.I.  2002. Simulated soil organic matter dynamics in forests of the Leningrad administrative area, northwestern Russia. Forest Ecology and Management 169 (1-2): 29-44.</ref><ref> Chertov, O. G., Komarov, A. S., Nadporozhskaya, M. A. 2007. Analysis of the dynamics of plant residue mineralization and humification in soil. Eurasian Soil Science 40(2): 140-149.</ref><ref> Chertov, O.G., Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Mikhailov, A.V., Bykhovets, S.S., Zudin, S.L., Zubkova, E.V. 2007. Dynamic Modelling of Soil Organic Matter Transformation. Simulation Model ROMUL. St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg. 97 p. In Russian.</ref><ref> Nadporozhskaya, M.A. Mohren, G.M.J., Chertov, O.G., Komarov, A.S., Mikhailov, A.V. 2006. Soil organic matter dynamics at primary and secondary forest succession on sandy soils in The Netherlands: an application of soil organic matter model ROMUL. Ecological Modelling Vol. 190(3/4): 399-418.</ref><ref> Nadporozhskaya, M. A., Cudlin, P., Novak, F., Bykhovets, S. S., Chertov, O. G., Komarov, A. S., Mikhailov, A. V. 2009. Analysis of the soil organic matter stability in spruce forests of Krkonose in Czechia on the basis of ROMUL mathematical model. Eurasian Soil Sci. 42: 657-667. DOI:10.1134/S1064229309060118.</ref><ref> Peltoniemi, M., Thürig, E., Ogle, S., Palosuo, T., Schrumpf, M., Wutzler, T., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Chertov, O., Komarov, A., Mikhailov, A., Gärdenäs, A., Perry, C., Liski, J., Smith, P., Mäkipää, R. 2007. Models in country scale carbon accounting of forest soils. Silva Fennica 41(3): 575–602.</ref><ref> Bobrovsky, M., Komarov, A., Mikhailov, A., Khanina, L. 2009. Modelling dynamics of soil organic matter under historical land-use management in European Russia. Ecological Modelling (accepted after revision). </ref><ref> Yurova, A.Yu., Volodin, E.M., Ågren, G.I., Chertov, O.G., Komarov, A.S. 2009. Effects of variations in simulated changes in soil carbon contents and dynamics on future climate projections. Global Change Biology, In press, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01992.x.</ref>. Various versions of the model have been incorporated in four forest ecosystem models (SPECOM<ref>Chertov O.G. 1990. SPECOM - a single tree model of pine stand - raw humus soil ecosystem. Ecological Modelling 50: 107-132.</ref>; FinFor<ref>Matala, J., Hynynen, J., Miina, J., Ojansuu, R., Peltola, H., SIevanen, R., Väisänen, H., Kellomäki, S. 2003. Comparison of a physiological model and statistical model for prediction of growth and yield in boreal forests. Ecologicla Modelling 161, 95-116.</ref>; IMPACT<ref>Chertov, O., Komarov, A., Kolström, M., Pitkänen, S., Strandman, H., Zudin, S., Kellomäki, S. 2003. Modelling the long-term dynamics of populations and communities of trees in boreal forests based on competition for light and nitrogen. Forest Ecol. Management. 176: 355-369.</ref>; EFIMOD<ref>Komarov, A., Chertov, O., Zudin, S., Nadporozhskaya, M., Mikhailov, A., Bykhovets, S., Zudina, E., Zoubkova. 2003.  EFIMOD 2 - - A model of growth and elements cycling in boreal forest ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 170 (2-3): 373-392.</ref>.
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=== Climate models ===
 
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A soil climate generator SCLISS<ref> Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref> is used in the model for two purposes: (1) as a method of evaluation of soil temperature and moisture using measured standard meteorological long-term data; (2) statistical simulation (generation) of realisations of long-term series of necessary input climate data with known statistical properties. The model uses monthly average data on air, litter and soil temperature, precipitation, litter and mineral soil moisture. Air temperature and precipitation are usually measured at numerous meteorological stations, soil and litter data are seldom measured and, moreover, these data are mostly a result of scientific forest studies. Therefore, the procedure of simulating the necessary monthly meteorological input data is an important sub-model of the whole ecosystem model and should be linked with the soil organic matter model. One tried to develop a simple statistical model for the simulations of these data.
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A soil climate generator SCLISS<ref>Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.</ref> is used in the model for two purposes: (1) as a method of evaluation of soil temperature and moisture using measured standard meteorological long-term data; (2) statistical simulation (generation) of realisations of long-term series of necessary input climate data with known statistical properties. The model uses monthly average data on air, litter and soil temperature, precipitation, litter and mineral soil moisture.
  
 
=== Models of biodiversity ===
 
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A model BioCalc (BIOdiversity CALCulator) forecasts dynamics of ecosystem and species understorey diversity of each forest unit along the EFIMOD simulation outputs on a base of standard forest inventory data linked with the results of detailed phytosociological research <ref>Khanina, L., Bobrovsky, M., Komarov, A., Mikhajlov, A., 2007. Modelling dynamics of forest ground vegetation diversity under different forest management regimes. For. Ecol. Manage. 248: 80-94</ref>.
  
 
== Decision Support ==
 
== Decision Support ==
  
 
=== Definition of management interventions ===
 
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Define what is available for the manager to intervene in the forest: time of harvest, plantations, thinnings, reconversions...
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The manager can intervene in the forest: time of harvest, plantations, thinnings, selective cuttings, natural regeneration, converting of forest into agricultural lands and back.
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Existence of prescription writer, simple enumeration of all possibilities, scenario simulation , etc.  
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=== Typical temporal scale of application ===
 
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The system allows for short-term prognosis (e.g. rotation period) and long-term prognosis (e.g. several generations of tree species) with annual temporal resolution.
  
 
=== Types of decisions supported  ===
 
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== System ==
 
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==References==
 
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General System description

System name: EFIMOD-Discrete Lattice Ecosystem Simulator

Acronym: EFIMOD-DLES

Brief overview

EFIMOD is a tool to forecast carbon and nitrogen flows in forest ecosystems with strong feedback mechanism between soil and stand. It allows for description and spatial analysis of mixed stand dynamics in boreal and temperate forests at different management and external impacts.

Scope of the system

The tool provides information to assess forest/soil natural development, forest/land-use management, and different scenarios of external impacts.

System origin

It was developed by a researchers’ team in the Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science (Pushchino, Russia) and Biological Institute of Sankt-Petersburg State University with support of European Forest Institute (Joensuu, Finland) and Joensuu University (Joensuu, Finland). First prototype was implemented in 1996 being not a commercial product The tool has been applied in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and in several international projects (three projects in INTAS EU Program, FP5 EU-Programme Project CT98-4124 “Relationships Between Recent Changes of Growth and Nutrition of Norway Spruce, Scots Pine, and European Beech Forests in Europe (RECOGNITION)”, FP6 EU Programme INCO - 013388 “Impacts and risks from anthrpogenic disturbances on soils, carbon dynamics and vegetation in podzolic ecosystems (OMRISK)” and other projects. It has been implemented also for several applications in frame of the National Program of Russian Academy of Sciences “Change of Environment and Climate”.

Support for specific issues

The system is designed to take into account timber harvest effects, dynamics of ecosystem and forest understorey biodiversivity, climate change effects, landscape analysis methods, nitrogen deposition effects, and fires.

Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type

  • Silvicultural
  • Conservation
  • Restoration
  • Development choices / land use zoning
  • Sustainability impact assessment (SIA)


Capability to support decision making phases

In current version, the GUI helps the user to compare dynamics of ecosystem parameters (e.g. growing stock, stand and soil carbon and nitrogen pools, biodiversity ranks etc.) at different scenarios of forest management and other external impacts.

Related systems

[CommonGIS]

Data and data models

Typical spatial extent of application

The application can be used on regional, forest-enterprise, and forest stand scale.

Forest data input

The system uses stand-level inputs from forest inventory database, the pools of soil organic matter and nitrogen in different soil layers, and climatic and hydrological data. Detailed list of input parameters you may find at {link here}.

Type of information input from user (via GUI)

User may define the scenario of forest ecosystem development via specifying various management options, such as different types of cuttings, plantings etc.; external impacts, such as fires, climate change, different levels of nitrogen deposition. For biodiversity assessment, regional phytosociological data is required.

Models

Forest models

The modelling tool of forest ecosystem EFIMOD Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tagKomarov, A., Chertov, O., Zudin, S., Nadporozhskaya, M., Mikhailov, A., Bykhovets, S., Zudina, E., Zoubkova. 2003. EFIMOD 2 - - A model of growth and elements cycling in boreal forest ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 170 (2-3): 373-392.</ref>[1] is an individual-based spatially explicit simulator of tree-soil system that calculates parameters of carbon balance and standard forest inventory characteristics: NPP, Rh, soil available nitrogen, tree and stand biomass by tree compartments, soil organic matter (SOM) and N pools, stand density, height, DBH, growing stock and some other parameters. It includes soil model ROMUL as an important component[2] that is driven by soil water, temperature and SOM parameters. The statistical generator of soil climate SCLISS was compiled to run ROMUL. The EFIMOD allows for a calculation the effect of silvicultural operations and forest fires. Now it is linked with a system of plant biodiversity assessment BioCalc.

Soil models

The ROMUL model[3][4] of soil organic matter (SOM) and nitrogen mineralisation and humification calculates the transformation of litter and SOM compartments, the gross carbon dioxide flow from the soil due to SOM mineralisation and the nitrogen available for plant growth. The rate of litter and SOM mineralisation and humification is dependent on the litter quality, soil temperature and moisture, and on some soil parameters. The model validation and sensitivity analyses had been performed using a set of published laboratory and field experiments[5][6][7].

Climate models

A soil climate generator SCLISS[8] is used in the model for two purposes: (1) as a method of evaluation of soil temperature and moisture using measured standard meteorological long-term data; (2) statistical simulation (generation) of realisations of long-term series of necessary input climate data with known statistical properties. The model uses monthly average data on air, litter and soil temperature, precipitation, litter and mineral soil moisture.

Models of biodiversity

A model BioCalc (BIOdiversity CALCulator) forecasts dynamics of ecosystem and species understorey diversity of each forest unit along the EFIMOD simulation outputs on a base of standard forest inventory data linked with the results of detailed phytosociological research [9].

Decision Support

Definition of management interventions

The manager can intervene in the forest: time of harvest, plantations, thinnings, selective cuttings, natural regeneration, converting of forest into agricultural lands and back.

Typical temporal scale of application

The system allows for short-term prognosis (e.g. rotation period) and long-term prognosis (e.g. several generations of tree species) with annual temporal resolution.

Types of decisions supported

  • Management level
    • strategic decisions
    • operating control decisions
  • planning decisions
    • organizing decisions
    • coordination decisions

Decision-making processes and models

  • Logic modeling
  • Heuristic manipulation of simulation models
  • Simulation (with and without stochasticity)

Output

Types of outputs

Results are reported as tables, maps, graphs, stand-level 3-D visualizations.

Spatial analysis capabilities

The system is linked to [CommonGIS].

Abilities to address interdisciplinary, multi-scaled, and political issues

The system produces coordinated results for decision makers operating at different spatial scales, facilitates social negotiation and learning.

System

System requirements

  • Hardware requirements: 1GHz x86 CPU, 256Mb RAM, 50Mb disk space.
  • Operating Systems: Windows 98/2K/XP/Vista.
  • Other software needed: the user does not need to acquire additional software.
  • Development status: completed.

Architecture and major DSS components

Describe the basic architecture of the system in software and hardware. Desktop client-server, web based, as well as the integration with available systems. Basic data flow, focusing on retrieval of required input and propagation and implementations of decisions. Mention its modular and scalability capabilities.

Usage

Research and regional administration level.

Computational limitations

Run time is impacted by the number of management units.

User interface

The system has a standard Windows GUI. Use of the system requires basic forestry and soil science background.

Documentation and support

English version of user manual is now in progress.

Installation

The system is completely portable: no special installation is required.

References

Cited references

  1. ↑ Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.
  2. ↑ Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.
  3. ↑ Chertov O.G., Komarov A.S. 1997. SOMM -- a model of soil organic matter dynamics. Ecological Modelling 94(2-3): 177-189.
  4. ↑ Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.
  5. ↑ Chertov O.G., Komarov A.S. 1997. SOMM -- a model of soil organic matter dynamics. Ecological Modelling 94(2-3): 177-189.
  6. ↑ Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.
  7. ↑ Komarov, A.S., Chertov, O.G., Mikhailov, and Autors’ Collective (14 names). 2007. Modelling Dynamics of Organic Matter in Forest Ecosystems [Responsible editor V.N. Kudeyarov]. Nauka, Moscow. 380 p. In Russian with English contents. ISBN 5-02-034053-7.
  8. ↑ Chertov, O.G. Komarov, A.S., Nadporozhskaya, M.A., Bykhovets, S.A., Zudin, S.L. 2001. ROMUL – a model of forest soil organic matter dynamics as a substantial tool for forest ecosystem modelling. Ecological Modelling 138 (1-3): 289-308.
  9. ↑ Khanina, L., Bobrovsky, M., Komarov, A., Mikhajlov, A., 2007. Modelling dynamics of forest ground vegetation diversity under different forest management regimes. For. Ecol. Manage. 248: 80-94

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