%0 Journal Article %J Forest Ecology and Management %D 2006 %T Spatially-explicit competition indices and the analysis of mixed-species plantings with the Simile modelling environment %A Jerome K. VanclayCorresponding Author Contact Information %K Acacia %K Distance-dependent competition index %K Eucalyptus %K Individual-based modelling %K Mixed-species %K Powersim; Stella; Systems dynamics %K Simile %K Vensim %X

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.

%B Forest Ecology and Management %V 233 %P 295-302 %N 2-3 %R doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.020