The Physio-Demo-Genetic Model (PDG) is a spatially explicit, individual-based, mechanistic simulation model, combining (1) a physiological module simulating individual tree responses to the environment (CASTANEA model, Dufrêne et al.); (2) a demographic module simulating tree survival, reproduction and pollen and seed dispersal; and (3) a quantitative genetics module controlling heritability of key life history traits (implemented in the CAPSIS Genetics Library, Seinave & Pichot 2004). Acording to the PDG reference publication (Oddou-Muratorio & Davi 2014), the model was used to study plasticity and genetic factors of variations in bud break timing along an altitudinal gradient for Fagus sylvatica (European beech). Website: http://capsis.cirad.fr/capsis/help_en/physiodemogenetics
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simulation, CAPSIS, process-based model, forest dynamic model
Fagus sylvatica