Welcome to the Virtual Ecosystem#

The Virtual Ecosystem is a project to develop a simulation of all of the major processes involved in a real ecosystem including the:

  • growth and demographic processes of the primary producers within the forest,

  • microclimatic processes within and around the ecosystem,

  • hydrological processes within the canopy, soil and drainage networks,

  • biotic and abiotic processes within the soil, and the

  • growth and demography of heterotrophs.

Science

Read more about the scientific theory underlying the Virtual Ecosystem.

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Users

Explore how to start using the Virtual Ecosystem, from installing the model to configuring and running your own ecological simulations.

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Developers

Learn more about contributing to the development of the Virtual Ecosystem, from fixing that critical bug to contributing new science models to the project.

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API

Venture into the technical details of the API of the Virtual Ecosystem.

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About the project

Find out more about the project team, our research computing support and the funding of the Virtual Ecosystem project

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