Conference paper · 2025

Modeling of Silvicultural Treatments: Impacts on Oak Regeneration and Carbon Sequestration

2025 International System Dynamics Conference

Publication details

Authors: Kelechi G. Ibeh, Austin Himes, Allyson Beall King

Venue: 2025 International System Dynamics Conference

Abstract

This study applies a STELLA system-dynamics model to compare control, moderate-thinning, and intensive-thinning scenarios over 20 years. It evaluates trade-offs among oak recruitment, basal-area recovery, and aboveground carbon storage under alternative growth and mortality assumptions.

system dynamicsSTELLAforest managementcarbon sequestrationoak regenerationecological modelingsilviculture

Research themes

Oak regenerationSilvicultureForest carbonEcosystem services

Methods

System dynamics modelingSTELLA ArchitectScenario simulationSensitivity analysis

Study area

Upland hardwood forests, Mississippi, USA

Species

Oak species