Siplab, a spatial individual-based plant modelling system

Computational Ecology and Software

Oscar Garcia¹ 

[1] University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada;

关键词: competition;    growth;    forestry;    plant ecology;    simulation;    R;    individual-tree models;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Spatially-explicit individual-based models are important tools in forestry and plant ecology. They are commonly implemented through custom computer coding that is time-consuming, may cause compatibility and availability problems, and makes difficult the evaluation, comparison and re-use of model components. Siplab is an R package that aims at improving this situation with a flexible computing environment that can handle a variety of model forms, and without requiring advanced programming knowledge. The article briefly reviews spatial individual-plant models, and then explains the general framework used by siplab to represent such models in a unified way. The structure and practical use of the package are introduced through some of the examples previously discussed.

【 授权许可】

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