TY - JOUR T1 - Spatially-explicit competition indices and the analysis of mixed-species plantings with the Simile modelling environment JF - Forest Ecology and Management Y1 - 2006 A1 - Jerome K. VanclayCorresponding Author Contact Information KW - Acacia KW - Distance-dependent competition index KW - Eucalyptus KW - Individual-based modelling KW - Mixed-species KW - Powersim; Stella; Systems dynamics KW - Simile KW - Vensim AB -

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.

VL - 233 IS - 2-3 ER -