STOCHASTICITY

LANDIS is a stochastic model that uses random number generators to simulate the stochastic processes of seed dispersal, seedling establishment, disturbance, and management events. Therefore, LANDIS predicts the statistical properties of landscape composition, age structure, and spatial pattern under particular disturbance and management regimes, but it does not accurately predict individual disturbance events or optimize management actions.

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