Hybrid Forest Modelling
Pinjuv, Guy L.
Forestry growth models are categorized according to their level of mechanistic detail, complexity, and generality. At one end of the scale are empirical growth and yield models, which are curves fitted to historical data of forest growth. In contrast, process-based models are based on the mechanisms which underlie growth. Hybrid models can avoid the shortcomings of both approaches, these models incorporate a mechanistic description of the envi...