Hasenauer, HubertGnauck, AlbrechtHeinrich, Ralph2019-09-162019-09-162003https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/26997Three major modeling concepts have been evolved and successfully applied within forest ecosystem modeling: (1) Management models, (2) Succession models and (3) Biogeochemical-mechanistic models (BGC-Models). In this paper the different concepts including the main components, their advantages and disadvantages in assessing specific enduser needs are discussed as well as typical application examples are presented.Text/Conference Paper