Individual-based models simulate populations and communities by following individuals and
their properties. They have been used in ecology for more than four decades, with their use …

Constant final yield is an empirical generalization concerning the total biomass production of
plant stands growing at different densities after a period of growth. Total standing biomass …

Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These
computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population …

A common tendency in the field of population ecology has been to overlook individual
differences by treating populations as homogeneous units; conversely, in behavioral …

This paper presents a new approach to spatially explicit modelling that enables the
influence of neighbourhood effects on the dynamics of forests and plant communities to be …

Patterns of size inequality in crowded plant populations are often taken to be indicative of
the degree of size asymmetry of competition, but recent research suggests that some of the …

We determined the changes in size inequality and asymmetry that occurred over a 50—yr
period in 16 even—aged, naturally seeded populations of Pinus taeda. Initial densities …

Agent-based modelling (ABM) has become an established methodology in many areas of
biology, ranging from the cellular to the ecological population and community levels. In plant …

Size‐asymmetric competition among plants is usually defined as resource pre‐emption by
larger individuals, but it is usually observed and measured as a disproportionate size …

Despite the increasing use of standards for documenting and testing agent-based models
(ABMs) and sharing of open access code, most ABMs are still developed from scratch. This …