LANDIS-II Meetings Information

Find information here about past and future LANDIS-II Meetings.

Upcoming Meetings and Training

There will be an Organized Symposium (organized by Drs. Gustafson, Sturtevant, Mladenoff, and Scheller) at the 2012 US-IALE meeting in Newport, Rhode Island.

We are also considering adding more user training workshops. If you are potentially interested in a 2-3 day workshop in Portland, Oregon in mid-December of 2012, please contact Robert Scheller. Occurrence of such a workshop will be dependent upon funding and demand.

Similarly, we are also considering user training in Beijing. Dr. Weimin Xi would be the training leader.

January 2012 Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin

Our last meeting in Madison, WI has just concluded! We had over 40 participants from around the world. I will be posting information and exercises here over the next few weeks. Record low snow in Madison although a nice little snowstorm to remind us that winter still exists.

Final Agenda (PDF)

Discussions We conducted moderated discussions around 6 themes:

Wet Forests (PDF), Drought (PDF), Soil C&N (PDF), Scaling Up Results (PDF), Ungulates (PDF)

Exercises: These exercises were used during the user training session:

Installation Files (ZIP) - Installation files for some of the tools required for the exercises below. Download LANDIS-II files from their respective pages on this site. For ERDAS ER Viewer, download from the ERDAS web site.

Exercise 1 (ZIP) - Basic model introduction

Exercise 2 (ZIP) - Succession

Exercise 3 (ZIP) - Understanding and viewing model outputs

Exercise 4 (ZIP) - Using batch files for multiple scenarios and replicates

Exercise 5 (ZIP) - Introduction to disturbances

Exercise 6 (ZIP) - Hands on with the fire extensions

Exercise 7 (ZIP) - Using Base Harvest

Exercise 8 (ZIP) - Hands-on with Climate Change Data and PnET-for-LANDIS-II

Exercise 9 (ZIP) - Biological disturbances

Exercise Century (ZIP) - Using Century Succession (v3 beta)

January 2010 Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin

The 2010 Meeting was a big success with over 30 participants from throughout the world. Record amounts of snow in Madison!

Exercises: These exercises were used during the user training session. They were designed for new users with no experience using the model: Workshop Exercises (ZIP)

We also had discussions around the following 5 topics.

Conclusions from the Dispersal Working Group (PDF)

Conclusions from the Wet Forest Working Group (PDF)

Conclusions from the Climate Change Working Group (PDF)

Conclusions from the Wind Disturbance Working Group (PDF)

Conclusions from the Insect and Ungulate Herbivory Working Group (PDF)