SIMANFOR documentation
Welcome to the official documentation portal of SIMANFOR, the Decision Support System for Sustainable Forest Management Simulation developed by the Quantitative Silviculture research group at iuFOR (Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute) at the University of Valladolid.
The main web application for executing simulations and managing projects is available at the official SIMANFOR website.
Portal status and migration process
Portal under active construction and gradual migration
This website is currently under active development and unification. Its primary objective is to centralize all technical documentation, user guides, model specifications, and developer manuals into a single, structured, accessible, and bilingual platform.
During this transitional period:
- The documentation on this site is continuously updated and expanded.
- The thematic GitHub repositories remain fully operational and accessible for direct reference and version control of associated files.
Documentation contents
The following modules are currently available, with additional thematic sections and topics being progressively incorporated:
- Docker: image downloading, volume configuration, and local simulator execution using containers.
- Forest growth models: complete catalog of individual-tree models, stand-level models, and harvest models, including calculation flowcharts, required input variables, and equations.
- Scientific publications: bibliographic collection of scientific papers, reports, and theses where SIMANFOR has been used or calibrated.
How to navigate the portal
To facilitate browsing and content consultation, the portal provides the following interface features:
- Language selector: Use the selector in the top bar to switch between the Spanish and English versions at any time.
- Visual mode (day and night): The icon next to the language selector allows you to toggle between light and dark themes based on your preference.
- Search bar: Enables real-time searching across the entire documentation for keywords, model names, forestry variables, or technical concepts.
- Navigation panel (left): Displays the thematic hierarchy of modules and documents. Selecting any section expands its respective pages.
- Table of contents (right): On desktop screens, this panel displays the internal headings of the current document for quick section jumping.
Reference thematic repositories
Maintenance notice for historical repositories
The contents of the following thematic repositories will be progressively modified or archived as the migration to this unified documentation platform is completed. For detailed historical information and complementary materials, visit More information about SIMANFOR.
| Repository | Description |
|---|---|
| simanfor/escenarios | Design and configuration of silvicultural schedules |
| simanfor/introduccion | Fundamental concepts and tool operation |
| simanfor/inventarios | Input forest inventory datasets and templates |
| simanfor/manual | Historical user manual in Spanish and English |
| simanfor/modelos | Technical documentation and sheets for forest models |
| simanfor/publicaciones | Scientific publications and references |
| simanfor/resultados | Output tables and simulation result guides |
| simanfor/web | Information on the main website platform and its architecture |
Contact and support
For technical inquiries, issue reports, or suggestions, please contact the team at simanfor.forest@uva.es.
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