Pv. Desanker et Ic. Prentice, MIOMBO - A VEGETATION DYNAMICS MODEL FOR THE MIOMBO WOODLANDS OF ZAMBEZIAN AFRICA, Forest ecology and management, 69(1-3), 1994, pp. 87-95
The gap model FORSKA was modified to develop MIOMBO, a model to simula
te productivity and succession in the miombo tropical dry woodlands of
Central Africa. A few measured parameters of the miombo were used to
establish suitable ranges of the rest of the parameters in the model b
y simulation to form a 'base case'. This base case does not represent
any specific site, however; deviations from the base case under hypoth
esized fire and drought regimes can be used to study the response of t
he miombo to fire and drought in a general way. The MIOMBO model can b
e used as a starting point for more detailed parameterization for spec
ific sites. In this paper, we emphasize the changes made to FORSKA.