Welcome to the Virtual Ecosystem
This repository is the home for the development of 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.
Project details
This project is funded by a 2021 Distinguished Scientist award from the NOMIS Foundation to Professor Robert Ewers:
The research is based at Imperial College London:
Project Team
- Professor Robert Ewers
- Olivia Daniel
- Dr. Jaideep Joshi
- Dr. David Orme
- Dr. Vivienne Groner
- Dr. Jacob Cook
- Dr. Taran Rallings
The research team are supported by the Imperial College London Research Software Engineering team.
Model documentation
The full documentation for the Virtual Ecosystem model can be viewed here.