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A lot of effort has been devoted to the modeling of the vegetation carbon balance arising from photosynthesis and respiration. Much less effort was spent on demographic processes, although they are pivotal for determining the response of the biosphere to climate change as well. A particularly under-represented field is the modeling of tree regeneration.

An international workshop that focuses on the benchmarking of a wide range of vegetation models from the stand across the landsacpe to the global scale will be held in Davos from 19-23 June 2022.

This is an activitiy funded by the COST Action PROCLIAS and ETH Zurich. It will bring together ca. 15 modeling teams, and the benchmarking of the models will be made against an unique dataset of long-term tree regeneration of 11 European species across a wide environmental gradient. The workshop outcome will be published in the peer-reviewed literature. Ultimately, this workshop will contribute to enhance the robustness and applicability of dynamic vegetation models to study global change effects.

For more information, contact Harald Bugmann