LANDIS 5.0
HOME 5.0	LANDIS 5.0 Disclaimer This software is in the public domain and is the intellectual property of the acknowledged individuals (see acknowledgement). The recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a program of the University of Missouri-Columbia. LANDIS is provided without warranty of any kind. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this program for his/her application. In no event will the authors or the University be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this program. LANDIS 5.0 Release note LANDIS 5.0 is a computer program that simulates forest landscape change over large spatial (10^3 - 10^7 ha) and temporal (10^1-10^3 years) scales. The new improvement includes a hash table data structure that store species age cohorts information. The improvement allows LANDIS 5.0 to simulate much larger maps (e.g., 10000 by 10000 pixels) than previous versions (including LANDIS 5.0 and LANDIS II). LANDIS 5.0 is a new generation program based on LANDIS 5.0 (He et al. 2005) and keeps all components and functions of LANDIS 4.0. The current version (LANDIS 5.0) has gone through considerable testing. However, it is highly likely that users will discover bugs that arise under conditions that we did not test (please report all bugs to Dr. Hong S. He, heh@missouri.edu). We anticipate correcting bugs periodically within the same revision with higher decimal version numbers. Substantial changes to the software, primarily associated with the addition of new features (e.g., new modules), will be released as a new version number (e.g., LANDIS 6.0). Again, all changes associated with each release will be documented in the release notes. LANDIS 5.0 Copyright University of Missouri-Columbia 2008 Acknowledgement LANDIS 5.0 Dynamic Design Jian Yang (1) and Hong S. He (1) LANDIS 5.0 Overall Programming Qia Wang (1) and Xie Sun (1) LANDIS 5.0 Succession/Dispersal Module Design: David J. Mladenoff (2), Hong S. He (1) Implementation: Hong S. He (1) LANDIS 5.0 Fire Module Design: Jian Yang (1), Hong S. He (1), Eric Gustafson (3) Implementation: Jian Yang (1) LANDIS 5.0 Wind Module Design: David J. Mladenoff (2), Hong S. He (1) Implementation: Hong S. He (1) LANDIS 5.0 Harvest Module Design: Eric Gustafson (3), Kevin K. Nimerfro (3), Stephen R. Shifley (3), David J. Mladenoff (2), Hong S. He (2), Patrick A. Zollner (3) Implementation: Kevin K. Nimerfro (3) LANDIS 5.0 Fuel Module Design: Hong S. He (1), Bo Z. Shang (1), Thomas R.Crow (3), Eric J. Gustafson (3), Stephen R. Shifley (3) Implementation: Bo Z. Shang (1) LANDIS 5.0 Biological Disturbance Module Design: Brian R. Sturtevant (3), Eric J. Gustafson (3), Wei Li (1), Hong S. He (1) Implementation: Wei Li (1) LANDIS 5.0 Input and Output Interface: Design: Hong S. He (1) Implementation: Shihua Sun (1) Institutions of the above individuals when they made contributions to LANDIS 4.0 1. University of Missouri-Columbia 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison 3. USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station Funding Supports for LANDIS 5.0 Development USFS Northern Research Station (70%) University of Missouri GIS Mission Enhancement Program (30%) The following individuals also made contributions to LANDIS 5.0 development. Robert Cummings (USFS North Central Research Station), Robert Scheller (University of Wisconsin-Madison), David Lytle (USFS North Central Research Station). Contact Dr. Hong S. He School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia, 203 ABNR Building, Columbia, MO 65211 Key References Gustafson, E. J., Shifley, S. R., Mladenoff, D. J., Nimerfro, K. K. and He, H. S. 2000. Spatial simulation of forest succession and harvesting using LANDIS. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30: 32-43 He, H. S., Shang Z. B., Crow, T. R., Gustafson, E. J., Shifley, R. S. 2004. Simulating forest fuel and fire risk dynamics across landscapes—LANDIS fuel module design. Ecological Modelling 180: 135-151. He, H. S., Larsen, D. R., Mladenoff, D. J. 2002. Exploring component based approaches in forest landscape modeling. Environmental Modelling and Software 17: 519-529. He, H. S., D. J. Mladenoff, and J. Boeder. 1999. Object-oriented design of LANDIS, a spatially explicit and stochastic landscape model. Ecological Modelling 119: 1-19. Mladenoff, D. J., and He, H. S. 1999. Design and behavior of LANDIS, an object-oriented model of forest landscape disturbance and succession. In D. J. Mladenoff and W. L. Baker (editors), Advances in spatial modeling of forest landscape change: approaches and applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Shang Z. B., He, H. S., Crow, T. R., Shifley, R. S. 2004. Fuel load reductions and fire risk in central hardwood forests of the United States: a spatial simulation study. Ecological Modelling 180: 89-102. Sturtevant, B. R., Gustafson, E. J., He, H. S. 2004. Modeling disturbance and succession in forest landscapes using LANDIS: introduction. Ecological Modelling 180: 1-5. Yang, J., He, H. S., Gustafson, J. E. 2004. A hierarchical statistical approach to simulate the temporal patterns of forest fire disturbance in LANDIS model. Ecological Modelling 180: 119-133.
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Hong S. He, Ph.D. School of Natural Resources University of Missouri-Columbia 203 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building Columbia, MO 65211-7270 U. S. A. Tel: 573 882-7717 Fax: 573 882-1977 heh@missouri.edu