... this modeling approach. In addition, we introduce a hierarchical patch dynamics
modeling platform (HPD-MP), a software package that is designed to facilitate the
development of spatial hierarchical models. We then illustrate ...

... Visualizing the serpentine grassland as a hierarchical system of patches that differ in age, size,
and internal composition, we have ... Our objectives are (1) to develop a general spatial patch
dynamics modeling platform for studying pat- tern and process dynamics at local and ...

... Ecological Applications 10: 639-670. David, J., and J. Wu. 2000. A hierarchical patch dynamics
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Systems, Montreal, edited by D. Marceau. Montreal: Univesity of Montreal. Page 129. ...

... 2002) proposed a multi-scale modelling methodology and a modelling platform (HPD-MP ...
representational meaning of scale is of particular importance because modelling implies the ...
integrates the spatial aspects in the so-called 'hierarchical patch dynamics' (HPD) paradigm ...

... 2005), hierarchical patch dynamics (Wu and Loucks 1995), wildlife–habitat relationship modeling
(Mor- rison et ... 2). Delineating patches is essential to modeling yellow-billed cuckoo habitat
suitability ... scales can then be calculated by spatially summing all hierarchical patch levels ...

... in nature and make extensive use of mechanistic and/or empirical rules of vegetation dynamics. ...
Several empirical studies have confirmed that landscapes exhibit a hierarchical structure, ie they
possess ... 3. We then randomly chose a patch, and randomly modified its category. ...

... The GIS structure has been found e ective for both location analysis and for spatial modeling
purposes. ... 4.2. Patch characteristics and dynamics District-wise patchiness, interspersion and
porosity (for tropical evergreen forest) have been analyzed using current (1995 ...

... A landscape may be viewed as a hierarchical mosaic system of patches that are different in their
age, size, shape, content and other aspects. ... In general, the spatial patch dynamics modeling
approach can be used as a general modeling platform for studying pattern and ...

... 2005), hierarchical patch dynamics (Wu and Loucks 1995), wildlife-habitat relationship modeling
(Morrison et ... Delineating patches is essential to modeling yellow- billed cuckoo habitat suitability,
but ... scales can then be calculated by spatially summing all hierarchical patch levels ...

... complementation, and connectivity with multiple spatial analysis methods: patch metrics,
moving-window analysis, and least cost modeling. ... The hierarchical patch-dynamics (HPD) con-
cept (Wu and Loucks 1995), viewing ecological sys- tems as nested and hierarchical ...