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A Species-Specific Individual-Based Simulation Model Of Mixed Mangrove Forest Stands, Ian Estacio, Khristoffer Ryan Quinton, Edgardo Macatulad, Severino G. Salmo Iii
A Species-Specific Individual-Based Simulation Model Of Mixed Mangrove Forest Stands, Ian Estacio, Khristoffer Ryan Quinton, Edgardo Macatulad, Severino G. Salmo Iii
Environmental Science Faculty Publications
A species-specific spatially explicit individual-based model has been developed to simulate the development of mixed mangrove forest stands featuring eight species. The model is a forest stand model that forecasts mangrove forest development in a 50 m x 50 m plot by simulating the recruitment, growth, and mortality of individual mangrove trees. Species-specific growth rates, shade responses, and salinity responses of each species were incorporated to observe differences in forest structure given different salinity conditions. The model used a modified Field of Neighborhood (FON) approach that considers species-specific responses to shading and a salinity response function that considers the species-specific …