@article {1540, title = {Spatially-explicit competition indices and the analysis of mixed-species plantings with the Simile modelling environment }, journal = {Forest Ecology and Management}, volume = {233}, year = {2006}, pages = {295-302}, abstract = {

Individual-based modelling and analysis of forest experiments has been made more accessible to researchers with the advent of modelling environments like Simile from www.simulistics.com. Individual-based analyses of tree growth data offer insights not possible with plot-based analyses, especially when the original experimental design has been compromised by mortality or other unforeseen events. The paper illustrates how Simile can be used for individual-based analyses of mixed plantings, and how it can be used to explore the consequences of the resulting statistical models. A mixed-species planting of Eucalyptus pellita and Acacia peregrina is used to illustrate possibilities.

}, keywords = {Acacia, Distance-dependent competition index, Eucalyptus, Individual-based modelling, Mixed-species, Powersim; Stella; Systems dynamics, Simile, Vensim}, doi = {doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.020 }, author = {Jerome K. VanclayCorresponding Author Contact Information} }