Developing Species-Age Cohorts from Forest Inventory and Analysis Data to Parameterize a Forest Landscape Model

Figure 7

Current (a) and simulated (b) community type-age cohorts at Fort Drum, New York, USA. Maple-dominated stands in maple-elm (bright green) and northern hardwood (dark brown) types increased substantially over the 100-year simulation, while open grass-forb communities, oak woodlands (orange), and mixed pine (dark olive) stands declined. Forest stand data were not available for “INACTIVE” (gray) areas. In the map legend, “YNG” denotes stands less than 40 years of age and “HWD” denotes northern hardwood species. (a) 2015. (b) 2115.

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