DSS Inventory : NCSSF Review of DSS for Forest Biodiversity

NCSSF Project A10
Decision Support Systems for Forest Biodiversity: Evaluation of Current Systems and Future Needs

DSS Inventory

The first browse option displays the complete list of over 100 systems identified by this project, and includes links to descriptions developed by two previous reviews. The remaining browse and search options are limited to 30+ descriptions developed by this project for the systems selected as most applicable to forest biodiversity decisions.

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Complete list of systems with links to individual descriptions from this and previous reviews

NCSSF reviewed systems only:

DSS by indicator classes used

DSS by forest influences addressed

DSS by abilities to facilitate complex political decisions

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Indicator classes used
Area by forest type
Forest area by age / successional stage
Forest area by management class
Fragmentation of forest types

Species diversity measures
Species viability measures
Species distribution measures
Species abundance measures

Forest influences addressed
Silviculture
Land use change

Climate change
Biological threats
Fire

Abilities to facilitate complex political decisions
Interdisciplinary information integration
Decision support at multiple spatial scales
Facilitation of social negotiation

Transferability
Development status:	regularly distributed \| prototype
Cost:	free \| < $100 \| < $500 \| < $3000
Operating systems:	MS Windows/DOS \| Unix \| Macintosh
Number of users:
biodiversity issues	> 0 \| > 10 \| > 100
other issues	> 0 \| > 10 \| > 100

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