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Rocky Mountain Landscape Simulator (RMLANDS)

Documentation

This page contains links to all RMLANDS documentation, including a description of the simulation model and user guidelines for the software. All documents are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.
Model Overview --This document provides a general description, essentially an executive summary, of RMLANDS and its relationship to other modeling components, HABIT@ and FRAGSTATS..

User Guidelines --NOTE, this document is not yet available. Eventually, this document will provide an overview of the RMLANDS software, including a detailed description of the technical information required to parameterize and run RMLANDS via the graphical user interface. Ultimately, all RMLANDS users should read this prior to using the software.

UPL Vegetation Dynamics Summary -- This document provides a general description of the cover types, condition classes (e.g., seral stages), succession transition pathways, effects of natural disturbance processes, and reference conditions for vegetation of the Uncompahgre Plateau Landscape in southwestern Colorado.


For more information, please contact:
Dr. Kevin McGarigal
Department of Natural Resources Conservation
University of Massachusetts
304 Holdsworth Natural Resources Center
Box 34210
Amherst, MA 01003
Fax: (413) 545-4358
Phone: (413) 577-0655
Email: mcgarigalk@forwild.umass.edu