01575nas a2200217 4500008003900000245012600039210006900165300001200234490000800246520073600254653001100990653004101001653001501042653003101057653001801088653003901106653001101145653001101156100006301167856012701230 2006 d00aSpatially-explicit competition indices and the analysis of mixed-species plantings with the Simile modelling environment 0 aSpatiallyexplicit competition indices and the analysis of mixeds a295-3020 v2333 a

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.

10aAcacia10aDistance-dependent competition index10aEucalyptus10aIndividual-based modelling10aMixed-species10aPowersim; Stella; Systems dynamics10aSimile10aVensim1 aInformation, Jerome VanclayCorresponding Author Contact, K u//www.simulistics.com/publications/spatially-explicit-competition-indices-and-analysis-mixed-species-plantings-simile-mode