This directory contains FORTRAN code and example input file for the individual based forest ecosystem biogeochemistry model LINKAGES described in the model documentation:
Pastor, J., and W. M. Post. 1985. Development of a linked forest productivity-soil process model. ORNL/TM-9519. Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Other papers describing this forest succession/ecosystem model include:
Pastor, J., and W.M. Post. 1986. Influence of climate, soil moisture, and succession on forest carbon and nitrogen cycles. Biogeochemistry 2:3-27.
Pastor, J., R. H. Gardner, V. H. Dale, and W. M. Post. 1988. Successional changes in nitrogen availability as a potential factor contributing to spruce declines in boreal North America. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 17:1394-1400.
Pastor, J., and W. M. Post. 1988. Response of northern forests to CO$_2$-induced climatic change: Dependence on soil water and nitrogen availabilities. Nature 334:55-58.
Post, W. M., J. Pastor, A. W. King, and W. R. Emanuel. 1992. Aspects of the interaction between vegetation and soil under global change. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 64:345-363.
Pastor, J. and W. M. Post 1993. Linear regressions do not predict the transient responses of eastern North American forests to CO$_2$-induced climate change. Climatic Change 23:111-119.
Post, W. M., and J. Pastor 1996. LINKAGES - An individual-based forest ecosystem model. Climatic Change 34:253-261.
More Recent Versions of LINKAGES
LINKAGES v2.2
References
Wullschleger SD, Gunderson CA, Tharp ML, Post WM and West DC. 2003. Simulated patterns of forest succession and productivity as a consequence of altered precipitation. pg. 433-446. In P.J. Hanson and S.D. Wullschleger (eds.) North American Temperate Deciduous Forest Responses to Changing Precipitation Regimes. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
ORNL Environmental Sciences Division / Comments? Mac Post (wmp "at" ornl.gov)
Last Modified: July 2006