I added some lines in PlugIn.cs to handle the partial cohort mortality from browsing. Without some sort of handling, the dead biomass is deposited as leaves, wood, and roots, ignoring the carbon lost to respiration by the herbivore. I used some back-of-the-envelope estimation of how much N and C are deposited as waste for a given biomass eaten by a moose. These values would likely need to be changed for a different type of hervbivore. It is possible here for browsing to create excess N, especially if there is a lot of outright cohort mortality (versus partial mortality). I welcome any ideas on improving handling of partial versus entire cohort mortality.
This commit should not affect any users not using the Biomass Browse extension.
I added some lines in PlugIn.cs to handle the partial cohort mortality from browsing. Without some sort of handling, the dead biomass is deposited as leaves, wood, and roots, ignoring the carbon lost to respiration by the herbivore. I used some back-of-the-envelope estimation of how much N and C are deposited as waste for a given biomass eaten by a moose. These values would likely need to be changed for a different type of hervbivore. It is possible here for browsing to create excess N, especially if there is a lot of outright cohort mortality (versus partial mortality). I welcome any ideas on improving handling of partial versus entire cohort mortality.
This commit should not affect any users not using the Biomass Browse extension.